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>>fnbr+(OP)
A lot of the brouhaha about OpenAI is silly, I think. But this is gross. Forcing employees to sign a perpetual non-disparagement agreement under threat of clawing back the large majority of their already earned compensation should not be legal. Honestly it probably isn't, but it'll take someone brave enough to sue to find out.

>>modele+TH
If I have equity in a company and I care about its value, I’m not going to say anything to tank its value. If I sell my equity later on, and then disparage the company, what can OpenAI hope to do to me?

>>twobit+SN
From what other people have commented, you don't get equity. You get a profit sharing plan. You're chained to them for life. There is no divestiture.

>>cdchn+dO
Well, then, people are selling their souls.

I got laid off by a different company and can't disparage them. I can tell the truth. I'm not signing anything that requires me to lie.

>>pizzaf+SQ
Just playing the devils advocate here, but what if you're not lying.. what if you're just keeping your mouth shut, for millions, maybe tens of millions?

Wish I could say I would have been that strong. Many would not disparage a company they hold equity in, unless they went full baby genocide.

>>cdchn+gS
> Just playing the devils advocate here, but what if you're not lying.. what if you're just keeping your mouth shut, for millions, maybe tens of millions?

The you're not just lying to others but also to yourself.