It seems he didn't because he feels his former boss is untrustworthy and lacking in character; someone who's ready and willing to be someone's unthinking paid henchman.

> His ethics meant nothing as long as he was having a paycheck lorded over him.

> We need to be employed. But at the cost of what? Our ethics? Our passions? Those that trust us?

I had to do a lot of extrapolating to come to this conclusion. Given the circumstance I wouldn't meet this former boss either. I learned a long time ago that people who'll screw me over once will screw me over again.