Oh right yes I’ll just quit my job and not pay my mortgage so I can work for a company that has great values.
I'm just telling you how perception by association works. Your choices are entirely your own.
For that to work, the people you go to interview with have to have some idea of what your previous company is like, which is very unlikely.
Also, "I had bills to pay" should erase 99% of your "perception by association" concerns. And guess what? You can't verify that. And if you do try to verify that, you're the problem.