Scary, dangerous burnout: OpenAI employee on quitting AI startup
Mansi Agarwal, Published on Feb 27th, 2026

Hieu Pham, Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, has announced his decision to leave the AI startup after seven months. "I am burnt out. All the mental health deteriorating that I used to scoff at is real, miserable, scary and dangerous," he said. "Working here...was a once-in-a-lifetime experience...But the intensive work came with a price," he added.
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