The bullet of getting hired by a company with famously large margins and a huge pile of cash? I could think of worse places to be during this crisis.
Is it surprising that some people may value things other than just money? Of course there are people who would decide against an opportunity to go work for Google, FaceBook, Twitter, et al. I like to think there are more than a few, but I've no sources to backup any assertions right now.
How is that relevant in the least to someone who applied for a job there?
I don't understand your question. Did you read the post I was replying to? That may add missing context.
It’s possible they would have just built yet another chat app for Google to shutdown. I’m not sure what Google even does anymore innovation wise with all their wealth and resources.
They do some great machine learning research and I am sure good research in other fields.
Surely their research is a small percentage of all hires.