Nvidia’s secret to retaining staff? No org charts, a flat structure, and two extra days off every quarter

Much has changed at Nvidia in the 19 years since HR director Febe Punsalan started working at the Santa Clara, California, headquartered company. Two decades ago, Nvidia was largely known for manufacturing the GPUs that allowed computers to render 3D graphics on videogames. Today, it’s a key player in the global AI industry, developing the computer chips that provide the processing power required to train the most powerful models. As employees at frontier AI firms blow the whistle on the supposed existential risks of artificial intelligence, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has proved much more measured in his outlook, putting the chances of AI ending…