Software companies that claim they "Work to make a Difference" strike me as cultish and are an immediate turn off.
I work for a living, I volunteer and work in my community to make a difference.
I work for a living, I volunteer and work in my community 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.
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
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.
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.