[shadowgovt]

Silly question: Why don't we work to make a difference?

We spend, generally, at least 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week at work. If that time is spent making a difference, it really ups the odds that something actually gets done.

[jjj123]

Working to make a difference is definitely good.

However, you are not making a difference by working at Hubspot. It’s just a corporate job, and management telling you otherwise is only serving them.

Edit: removed a pointless anecdote

[seneca]

Because these are for profit companies. What is actually happening when a company says they want to work to make a difference is that they want to harvest your enthusiasm for improving the world to make them more profit, or create free marketing for them.

When choices come down to make a difference or make a profit companies choose profit. If they truly wanted to make a difference, they would be nonprofits.

[ed25519FUUU]

Because companies survive by making a profit, and will always revert to the mean.

The money you make at work can make a huge difference in other people’s lives. By spending it on causes you care about you are working to make a difference without having to buy-in that your random CRUD app brings joy to the word and ends suffering.