At OpenAI, 3.5 years of tenure now makes you one of the longest-serving employees
ben_j_todd · x · 2026-10-04
Ben Todd quoted an OpenAI employee: "After three and a half years at OpenAI, I was among the longest-tenured employees at the company" — calling the turnover brutal.
- With OpenAI nearly a decade old, 3.5 years qualifying as senior signals constant churn in the core team
- Echoes the recent wave of veteran researchers departing for rivals like Anthropic
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