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Re:Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward ... by grepfru_it on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @07:19PM (#40448073)
Employees are replaceable. Outside of a very specific few, they have very little leverage. If an employee loses trust and leaves or “quiet quits”, they will simply be replaced with one of the hundreds of people clamoring to work for them. This is why unionization is so great.

Just as Reddit users stay on Reddit because there is nowhere else to go, the reality is that everyone worships leadership because they keep their paychecks flowing.

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Re:Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward ... by comp_throw7 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @07:23PM (#40448118)
Yes, that "very little leverage" is why engineers & researchers near the bottom of OpenAI's career ladder are getting paid 900k/year (2/3rds funny money, admittedly, though in practice many people _have_ cashed out at very large multiples).
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Re:Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward ... by grepfru_it on Thursday May 23, 2024 @08:01AM (#40453646)
Thank you for proving my example. If you think your salary is what provides you leverage, then you are doomed
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Re:Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward ... by squigz on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @07:23PM (#40448120)
Employees are replaceable, sure, but that doesn't mean that you can't squander your good will with competent employees and end up only being able to hire sub-par employees.
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Re:Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward ... by grepfru_it on Thursday May 23, 2024 @08:03AM (#40453659)
Yes. OpenAI will only attract sub-par employees. And even if it’s not OpenAI, you simply raise your offered salary and suddenly the subpar employees vanish.
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