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Why have other companies not done the same? This seems legally tenuous to only now be attempted. Will we see burger flippers prevented from discussing the rat i

Why have other companies not done the same? This seems legally tenuous to only now be attempted. Will we see burger flippers prevented from discussing the rat infestation at their previous workplace? (Don’t have X) - is there a timeline? Can I curse out the company on my deathbed, or would their lawyers have the legal right to try and clawback the equity from the estate?

apsec112 2y ago
The Vox article says that it's a lifetime agreement: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/17/24158478/openai-departures-sam-altman-employees-chatgpt-release https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/17/24158478/openai...
- romanovcode 2y ago
  ROFL how is this even legal?
exe34 2y ago
i worked at McDonald's in the mid-late 00s, I'm pretty sure there was a clause about never saying anything negative about them. i think they were a great employer!
- wongarsu 2y ago
  Sorry, someone at corporate has interpreted this statement as criticism. Please give back all equity, or an amount equivalent to its current value.
  - hehdhdjehehegwv 2y ago
    Also, whatever fries left in the bottom of the bag. That’s corporate property buddy.
  - ryandrake 2y ago
    It doesn't have to be equity. If they wanted to, they could put in their employment contract "If you say anything bad about McDonalds, you owe us $1000." What is the ex-burger-flipper going to do? Fight them in court?
  - dylan604 2y ago
    Like a fast food employee would have equity in the company. Please, let's at least be sensible in our internet ranting.
    - jen20 2y ago
      What about a franchisee?
  - exe34 2y ago
    i got f-all equity, I was flipping burgers for minimum wage.
johnnyanmac 2y ago
For the burger metaphor, you need to have leverage over the employee to make them not speak. No one at Burger King is getting severance when they are kicked out, let alone equity. As for other companies that can pay: I can only assume that the cost to bribe skilled workers isn't worth the perceived risk and cost of lawsuits from the downfall (which they may or may not be able to settle). Generative AI is still very young and under a lot of scrutiny on all fronts, so the risk of a whistle blower at this stage may shape the entire future of the industry at large.
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dylan604 2y ago
Other companies have done the same. I worked at a company that is 0% related to the tech industry. I was laid off/let go/dismissed/sacked where they offered me a "severance" on the condition I sign a release with a non-disparaging clause. I didn't give enough shits about the company to waste my time/energy commenting about them. It was just an entry on a resume where I happened to work with some really neat, talented, and cool/interesting coworkers. I had the luxury of nobody else giving a damn about how/why I left. I can only imagine these people getting hounded by Real Housewives level gossip/bullshit.

apsec112 2y ago

The Vox article says that it's a lifetime agreement: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/17/24158478/openai-departures-sam-altman-employees-chatgpt-release https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/17/24158478/openai...

romanovcode 2y ago
ROFL how is this even legal?

exe34 2y ago

i worked at McDonald's in the mid-late 00s, I'm pretty sure there was a clause about never saying anything negative about them. i think they were a great employer!

wongarsu 2y ago
Sorry, someone at corporate has interpreted this statement as criticism. Please give back all equity, or an amount equivalent to its current value.
- hehdhdjehehegwv 2y ago
  Also, whatever fries left in the bottom of the bag. That’s corporate property buddy.
- ryandrake 2y ago
  It doesn't have to be equity. If they wanted to, they could put in their employment contract "If you say anything bad about McDonalds, you owe us $1000." What is the ex-burger-flipper going to do? Fight them in court?
- dylan604 2y ago
  Like a fast food employee would have equity in the company. Please, let's at least be sensible in our internet ranting.
  - jen20 2y ago
    What about a franchisee?
- exe34 2y ago
  i got f-all equity, I was flipping burgers for minimum wage.

johnnyanmac 2y ago

For the burger metaphor, you need to have leverage over the employee to make them not speak. No one at Burger King is getting severance when they are kicked out, let alone equity. As for other companies that can pay: I can only assume that the cost to bribe skilled workers isn't worth the perceived risk and cost of lawsuits from the downfall (which they may or may not be able to settle). Generative AI is still very young and under a lot of scrutiny on all fronts, so the risk of a whistle blower at this stage may shape the entire future of the industry at large.

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dylan604 2y ago

Other companies have done the same. I worked at a company that is 0% related to the tech industry. I was laid off/let go/dismissed/sacked where they offered me a "severance" on the condition I sign a release with a non-disparaging clause. I didn't give enough shits about the company to waste my time/energy commenting about them. It was just an entry on a resume where I happened to work with some really neat, talented, and cool/interesting coworkers. I had the luxury of nobody else giving a damn about how/why I left. I can only imagine these people getting hounded by Real Housewives level gossip/bullshit.