There are lots of nice, kind people at Microsoft (and Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon) - I have friends who work there. But what they're working towards is *all bad*. They work within a largely ethics-free machine (they just laid off their entire 'ethics team' as they were pointless): an autocracy ready to do anything to maximise shareholder value. They are not making the world better (nor will they 'improve it from within'). Their vision is clouded by their association & paycheque.

I should note that one of my friends - who worked for Microsoft since I move from Seattle to Aotearoa 29 years ago - just got made redundant. I've had a couple long conversations with him about Microsoft. He knows what I'm saying is true. He defended it by saying that he needed the job to pay his mortgage & maintain the lifestyle to which they'd become accustomed. He rationalised it. He was a good person working with other good people towards a very bad end.

@lightweight I've been in the job market, I can sympathize.

The whole concept of "overqualified" can get in the way of avoiding work you disapprove of...

@alcinnz and yet, if we want the world to suck a lot less, good people have to shun those 'employers'.