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>>apengw+(OP)
If this really was a mistake the easiest way to deal with it would be to release people from their non disparagement agreements that were only signed by leaving employees under the duress of losing their vested equity.

It's really easy to make people whole for this, so whether that happens or not is the difference between the apologies being real or just them just backpedaling because employees got upset.

Edit: Looks like they're doing the right thing here:

> Altman’s initial statement was criticized for doing too little to make things right for former employees, but in an emailed statement, OpenAI told me that “we are identifying and reaching out to former employees who signed a standard exit agreement to make it clear that OpenAI has not and will not cancel their vested equity and releases them from nondisparagement obligations” — which goes much further toward fixing their mistake.

>>tedivm+W2
For whatever it's worth (not much), Sam Altman did say they would do that

> if any former employee who signed one of those old agreements is worried about it, they can contact me and we'll fix that too. very sorry about this.

https://x.com/sama/status/1791936857594581428

>>madeof+l4
Sure and anyone who has worked in a toxic workplace knows exactly what it means to require a direct path to leadership to resolve an issue instead of just resolving it.

>>pempem+q9
I also notice he conditions it on "any former employee." What about current employees who may be affected by the same legalese?

Either way, I can imagine a subtext of "step forward and get a target on your back."