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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by 0xDEAFBEAD on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @01:36AM (#38375559)
Emmett https://twitter.com/eshear/status/1727210329560756598
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by 303space on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @01:43AM (#38375635)
Genuinely curious - what’s the comp package like for 72 hours of interim CEOing a 80b company?
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by granzymes on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @01:45AM (#38375656)
Bragging rights, party invitations, and one hell of a story.
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by rapsey on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @02:08AM (#38375878)
Irrelevant compared to the reputation boost for helping the company get itself back on track.
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by kmlevitt on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @03:13AM (#38376420)
I don't think anybody had high expectations for him, but he really pulled through.
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by politelemon on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @02:08AM (#38375877)
Office 365 subscription for one year and GitHub copilot using your own creation
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by zx8080 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @01:44AM (#38375653)
Nothing maybe?
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by stigz on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @01:45AM (#38375659)
A firm handshake. They had no time to ink a benefits package, my dude.
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by ssnistfajen on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @05:08AM (#38377275)
Doubt he took this job for financial comp so even if he got paid, it probably wasn't much.

Equity is a big part of CEO pay packages and OpenAI has weird equity structure, plus there was a very real chance OpenAI's value would go to $0 leaving whatever promised comp worthless. So Emmett likely took the job for other reasons.

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by upupupandaway on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @03:49AM (#38376721)
I am really surprised by people thinking this guy did anything to get sama back. He was probably not even in the room.
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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by ssnistfajen on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @05:01AM (#38377227)
Why does he have to be in the room? Audiovisual conferencing over the Internet exists now.
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