Ex-OpenAI employee accused of bugging office had $385K salary plus a $2.2M new-hire grant

If the recording-device allegations are true, what could possibly make someone risk a package like that? Insane. If you are interviewing there, try the GPU credit-ledger problem in OpenAI Interview Questions .

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2026-10-21 11:33 · r/OpenAI
Ex-OpenAI employee accused of bugging office had $385K salary plus a $2.2M new-hire grant

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