It seems unlikely any engineer who quit Apple rather than write
   software to help the FBI break into the phone would have any trouble at
   all finding a job in Silicon Valley that would pay them even more money
   than they're making at Apple. Apple is nowhere near the top of the list
   in terms of compensation.

   On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:17 AM Rayzer <[1]Rayzer@riseup.net> wrote:

     I can't imagine Apple would fire an employee for refusing. AAMOF the
     best publicity in the WORLD for them would be if they publicly
     declined
     to discipline or fire an employee for refusing.
             "Apple’s engineers may refuse to write software to break
     into
             the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters if the FBI
     wins
             its court battle with the tech giant, according to more than
             half a dozen current and former employees."
         Apple employees are already discussing what they will do if
     ordered
         to help law enforcement authorities. Some say they may balk at
     the
         work, while others may even quit their high-paying jobs rather
     than
         undermine the security of the software they have already
     created,
         according to more than a half-dozen current and former Apple
     employees.
         Among those interviewed were Apple engineers who are involved in
     the
         development of mobile products and security, as well as former
         security engineers and executives.
         The potential resistance adds a wrinkle to a very public fight
         between Apple, the world’s most valuable company, and the
         authorities over access to an iPhone used by one of the
     attackers in
         the December mass killing in San Bernardino, Calif.
         It also speaks directly to arguments Apple has made in legal
         documents that the government’s demand curbs free speech by
     asking
         the company to order people to do things that they consider
     offensive.
         “Such conscription is fundamentally offensive to Apple’s core
         principles and would pose a severe threat to the autonomy of
     Apple
         and its engineers,” Apple’s lawyers wrote in the company’s final
         brief to the Federal District Court for the Central District of
         California.
     In full:
     [2]http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/technology/apple-encryption-eng
     ineers-if-ordered-to-unlock-iphone-might-resist.html?_r=0
     --
     RR
     "Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to pinpoint
     potential trouble-makers ... And neutralize them, neutralize them,
     neutralize them"

References

   1. mailto:Rayzer@riseup.net
   2. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/technology/apple-encryption-engineers-if-ordered-to-unlock-iphone-might-resist.html?_r=0