HN, I must work for an 'evil' company like Monsanto?

5 points·confusedev··5 comments

I have 30% shareholding of my own startup and we have possibilities of working in a SAP solution for Monsanto. I think Monsanto is an evil company, I must say no?

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For now, we are just talking about it with a SAP consultant, there isn't a formal proposal for Monsanto. But if this go forward, I'm concerned that my frequent criticism to this company clash with my work as a developer /entrepreneurship.

My partner on the other hand, on his investor and sales director role, has no such worries, because it has different ideals to mine.

Every time I've put money before my beliefs I've regreted it and I'm getting tired of falling for the money. IMHO Facebook was doing better before they sold their soul on wall street. That's what it comes down to, selling your soul.

Perhaps posting about this on a public forum might take care of things for you. Surely, this thread will get to Monsanto and it won't be too hard for them to track down your startup's identity.

You have to decide amongst your cofounders. Talk it out, see what's more important. If you don't need the money to survive, maybe don't. But if its the difference between life and failure, that's tricky.

Me, I might lean towards morals. I refuse to put money over morals.

wow. I'd love to know how you decided - and why.

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