In an internal meeting, Nvidia's CEO addressed a question about employees in 'semi-retirement' mode as unusual tension grows

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang answered a question about employees in "semi-retirement" mode during an internal all-hands meeting.

Huang said that working at Nvidia was like a "voluntary sport," so every employee should act like the "CEO" of their own time.

Some employees have become incredibly rich after the company's stock is up by about 1,200% over the past five years .

In its third quarter , Nvidia generated $18.1 billion in revenue, a 207% increase from the $5.9 billion it recorded in the same period of last year .

Despite a growing number of companies launching their own in-house chips, Nvidia employees say they don't feel the competitive pressure yet.

CEO Huang seems to be worried about Nvidia 's advantage getting into employees' heads.