Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.

Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.

    • Kerb
      3·
      2 years ago

      Huh, thats new to me.

      And i couldn’t find it in the linked article,
      am i blind or are you referencing a different article?

        • Kerb
          2·
          2 years ago

          Thanks, Oh wow.

          After reading all the articles,
          about how it was clear to the company that the sub was an obvious deathtrap,
          im genuinely supprised the ceo was dumb / bold enough to actually board it himself.

          Thats an almost biblical level of
          “fuck around and find out”

          • aegisgfx877@kbin.social
            9·
            2 years ago

            one thing we’ve learned about most billionaires is they arent very smart and surround themselves completely with ‘yes people’. And they also seem to have almost no ability to assess risk, like buying business that they personally know almost nothing about, like twitter and submarines.

          • floofloof@lemmy.ca
            2·
            2 years ago

            One thing I’ve noticed from working at several tech companies is that people who present themselves as “entrepreneurs” are often just deficient in their appreciation of risk, but lucky so far. Risk is a kind of blind spot for some people, but if it comes with luck others will perceive them as bold rather than a bit deficient. To those who work with them, however, the truth is often obvious.