Why Would OpenAI Give Fake-Sounding Firing Reasons When Minimal Ones Are Legal?
panickssery · x · 2026-10-09
Commentary questions why OpenAI offers 'fake or at least fake-sounding' reasons when firing employees. Labs routinely fire people with minimal or perfunctory reasons, which is legal — so what's the point of this apparent badmouthing and rumor-mongering strategy? The author finds the abnormal behavior itself worth scrutiny.
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