I work at a non-profit and wouldn't dare to utter these words to any employee. I understand believing what you preach, but actually saying you work on "changing the world" in an internal email seems very problematic? Is it just me?
Yes it’s problematic.
No, it was the usual thing to say back in 2010, it was normal.
My unicorn adopted the value “We advance humanity, through the power of software” in 2013 and that triggered me quitting and relinquishing half my stock options. I was a problematic employee so it was a winwin for them, but nonetheless it was a fucking gross thing to say, especially with the videoclip of a girl limping in Africa, for which we made the software that helped the developer that helped the doctor that helped the little girl getting stilts. We don’t advance humanity, we get overpaid from large corporation margins for outputting good software, with a sidenote of donating 1% for the greater good. It’s not even open-source.
That’s fucking extremely gross and inappropriate to say that’s advancing humanity. It lacks humility.
To their credit, they didn’t prolong the campaign and I’ve never heard them say it ever since 2013. I still have this ad in my new startup. In the toilet. To remind people to take care of their family before the corporation. Social fabric is what ties humans together, not our software.
Billions have lives have changed due to these corps, while your Non Profit may affect 100s