this refers to a business that gives it's employees low salaries and no pay for overtime while requiring long working hours and with little to no days offs. these companies are also known for allowing several kinds of harassment of employees while working there.
the term originated from japan and gained traction outside of it with the rise of the net.
"I don't think you should work there as I heard 'fake companyname' is a black company. you should work at 'super fake company' instead"
A terrible restaurant run by an angry Arabian and a psycho blonde. Madefamous by Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Closed down a while ago so don't even think about going.
"That restaurant made Amy's Baking companylook like fine dining!!!
A company that, despite making millions of dollars every year, cannot seem to fix glaring issues with their product. Similar to smallindiedev.
Player 1:"Have you seen how broken balance druids are in wow? I died in two seconds! Pvp is in a miserable state right now"
Player 2:"Yeah blizzard is a multi-dollar company and can't afford to pay for a pvp balance team."