OpenAI reviews

4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(100 total reviews)

Sam Altman

72% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

OpenAI has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 100 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The OpenAI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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100 reviews
3.0
Nov 2, 2023

review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong mission alignment, transparent, unpretentious. Feels like the old days of start-ups where leaders actually led.

Cons

Heavy workload and tight deadlines

2.0
Oct 15, 2025

Meh

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

smart people, high salary, nice perks (good cafeteria food)

Cons

Work politics, terrible wlb (90+ hr work weeks, no weekends off), boring work, egotistical leadership, every man for himself

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