"We will neither fail, nor will we be an average outcome, and that's what we want and that's all I care about every day and all you should care about every day, and nothing else should matter,"
"Therefore, we work weekends, we're always on call, and we push as hard as our circumstances allow us to. As a result we defy the odds, get to escape velocity and succeed on the mission."
"The organization's transparency about its values and operating principles has resulted in building a team that is passionate and focused on its increasingly urgent mission of ensuring every human benefits from the age of AI,"
Tools for Humanity, a crypto startup co-founded by Sam Altman, enforces a mission-first workplace policy that expects employees to prioritize company objectives above all else. The company frames the project as once-in-a-lifetime and critical for humanity, justifying long hours, weekend work, constant on-call availability, and high performance expectations. Company values remove tolerance for slowness, comfort, or concern over hurting colleagues' feelings. Leadership defended those operating principles and continued recruiting under those terms. The organizational posture emphasizes urgency in ensuring broad human benefit from AI and seeks staff aligned with relentless, mission-driven work.
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