Nvidia employees petition to bring back Jensen Huang

jmathai

I imagine there's a lot of mixed emotions at Nvidia. Jensen seemed to have a very likable persona about him and he truly was a great CEO of the company. I imagine many looked up to him and are left to make sense of the past week. They've also taken a pretty big pay cut this week and potentially into the future.

stavros

https://archive.is/2UlmY

Qem

I think it's odd the amount of flak this guy took for relationships with adult women, while those involved with Epstein remain mosly undisturbed. If the AI bubble bursts soon, I wonder if people will try to blame Huang's extramarital affairs for it, instead of the rampant misallocation of resources.

comrade1234

Why? Seriously why would you take part in this? This shows bad judgement.

flowerlad

At the end of the day he hasn't been accused of harassment. The two employees he banged didn't complain that he pressured them into banging him. It is still wrong to bang your employees, and there should be penalties for that. But can't he be punished in a way that doesn't also punish the industry, the economy and US competitiveness?

SturgeonsLaw

I wish the employees well but there's blood in the water and the sharks are circling. NVIDIA is one hell of a whalefall and there's lots of hungry scavengers out there.

ex-aws-dude

My main takeaway is how HNers seem to decide what they want to believe, then work backwards from it to form a justification You could have the exact same situation with a different company/CEO and the HN comments would be completely different

soundworlds

> "We are all humans and can make mistakes. Jensen did so many good things and he needs a second chance,” wrote another. I think if it was one affair, this would hold. It is allegedly 3 and counting, and includes a likely spy from a rival nation, and likely knowledge of selling to the rival nation despite the current laws. You can think he is amazing at many parts of this job, but at this point it is less of a mistake, and more a pattern of behavior that he knew was hugely risky and decided to cover up. This is a terrible time for Nvidia employees. But the solution is not to invite the cause of the terrible time back in.

epsteingpt

Can NVIDIA have a Sam Altman moment?

comrade1234

It makes sense. They're probably having to deal with higher level bosses proposing them all the time so it's just the cultural norm at the company.

ocd

Getting whiplash from which side of the issues people are angry about on the current administration's party on either social or economic/geopolitical impacts, and this other matter with Jensen and his sexual affairs vs. the economic/geopolitical issues of NVIDIA exports since this was with a Chinese spy. Confused on whether people are actually upset about both or even understand the issue, or are just upset about one thing while using the other as ammunition.

afavour

A lot of people became millionaires during his tenure, suppose it’s not surprising that brings a lot of loyalty. Doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the right move for the company though.

northisup

nVidia employees being honey potted by Jensen...

amiga386

"He's a philanderer, but he's OUR philanderer"

ls612

Is this becoming 2026’s OpenAI attempted coup moment? Is a mass talent exodus plausible? If it is I didn’t have that on my bingo card for 2026.

ralph84

Jensen should start a new company and hire them. California's ban on non-competes is one of the few good laws it has and made Silicon Valley what it is. Time for another traitorous eight.

crossroadsguy

I am amazed to see how easy it is for some people to forget (or rather not acknowledge) that almost no one gives two flying f’s about what happens to the billionaire spouses, his (pretty sure) millionnaire colleagues he slept with, and that spy (all of them alleged, right?) – or anyone esle he would have sex with. Well, maybe a bit of jealousy (mostly for the billions because that’s what seems to have done the trick). We are in it for the entertainment of it all. But then you’d come across comments trying too hard to sound philosophical and “deep”. I mean ffs, this is one of most basic and banal human urges.

jbs789

This is not about employees. The board is in CYA mode.

charcircuit

Are these Chinese employees? If it's true Huang betrayed America for China it would make sense why they wouldn't be as upset. I doubt the employees have as full of a story like the board does so they may not know the extent of his misdeeds.

tlogan

Now I understand why bad people end up in power.