Comment by lmc
3 years ago
Companies exist generally to make money first, and any societal benefit is a side effect. Beware of companies that promise otherwise - they're lying either to themselves or to you. Either take the hit on the paycheck and work for a non-profit or academic/government institution, or just try and find something you find interesting - there's still lots of good stuff that comes out of the bleakest-seeming corporate environments, e.g. learning materials, open source projects.
Agreed but you can try to work in healthcare or education that have a more linear potential "good" as opposed to propagating more meme and lols. I agree that OP has to decide to take a pay cut for a more socially focused company goal OR they can take all the fat cash and donate a large portion to a non-profit that is actually doing the work.
Yeah, to be fair it's not as black or white as I suggested. But it's super difficult to gauge the actual impact of your work anyway, most of the time.