I think a good work/life balance, a decent salary and benefits (I'm in the U.S. so healthcare is important but not cheap), and maybe a somewhat decent mission..

I think a good work/life balance, a decent salary and benefits (I'm in the U.S. so healthcare is important but not cheap), and maybe a somewhat decent mission...but that mission need not be some granidose vision either. It can be a humble little goal (or sets og goals) that the company wants to achieve. Sure, ideally it would be good for achieving those goals to help hu7manity at large, but that's not essential either if the company isn't "corporate evil". Some might mistake what i have escribed as a sort of lifestyle business, but i actually am ok working for a company if they don't feel that they need to be the next Facebook/Meta, Google, Uber, GE, Johnson & Johnson, Chase bank, etc.