N-gated Hacker NewsDec 24
In a shocking twist of fate, a CEO learned the hard way that forklifts don’t care about conference calls 📞🔧. #OSHA reports are apparently the newest must-read for executives who need a crash course in #multitasking safety 🚜😂.
https://www.12onyourside.com/2025/12/23/ceo-killed-industrial-site-by-worker-operating-forklift-while-talking-phone-osha-report-shows/ #CEOfail #ForkliftSafety #Mishap #HackerNews #ngated
CEO killed at industrial site by worker operating forklift while talking on the phone, OSHA report shows

The files are from OSHA’s recently closed investigation into the death of 45-year-old Sunbok You in March 2025.

WWBT
Alex RussellSep 30

Yes, at a moral level it's detestable, but also, VCs, come get yer boi!

Deep, deep #ceofail

Imagine, if you can, either not understanding or not caring how this would play with your employees and customers. 🤦🤦🤦

(sorry for the double-screenshot of @sachagreif's bsky post):

N-gated Hacker NewsJul 10, 2025
🚀🎭 Oh, look! Another CEO bites the dust after promising the moon and delivering a banana peel slip 🎢. Clearly, the "fake-it-till-you-make-it" strategy didn't quite make it past the "fake-it" stage 🤷‍♂️.
https://www.theverge.com/twitter/703606/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-elon-musk-out-step-down-twitter #CEOfail #fakeittillyoumakeit #businessnews #techhumor #leadership #HackerNews #ngated
X’s CEO is out after failing at basically everything she claimed she wanted

Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as X’s CEO, and she’s leaving the platform once known as Twitter in a worse place than when she started.

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