[websites420]

It’s a combination of a few things:

(1) Tech demands a lot from its employees. We are dedicating a significant portion of our waking hours. They expect us to believe in their mission, and so we also expect that mission to align with our values.

(2) Technology itself is much more far reaching than any other industry. These corporations are massive, and with them massive budgets for lobbying etc. Not demanding that they reflect the values of their employees and customers would be a massive waste of that power or worse — letting them actively use that power to make the world worse.

[grillvogel]

>we also expect that mission to align with our values.

"we" do? personally i expect my employer to provide financial compensation in exchange for me doing things for them. beyond that i don't really care about whether the giant corporation i work at is truly reflecting my core beliefs. i suspect that they probably aren't.

> reflect the values of their employees

do all employees truly feel the same way about every issue? do employees with a minority opinion feel comfortable expressing those views?

[pseudalopex]

You left out an important part of the first sentence you quoted. Companies that expect employees believe in the mission end up with employees who expect a mission they can believe in.

Talking about employee values in aggregate doesn't imply all of them feel the same about every issue.