'You can't train for stupidity,' CEOs says about 3 workers who died in the workplace
One chief executive officer has said that the death of three workers in their workplace are making him lose his valuable personal time.
“A whole bunch of people die so we’ve got to have a meeting on a Sunday night,” said Wayne Borg, a former news executive hired to run Neom’s media division, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report cited in by Fortune.
Neom is the world’s biggest construction project in Saudi Arabia, according to Fortune. It’s a $500 billion Belgium-sized hub which Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likened to pyramids.
Borg also said the project’s blue-collar workers from the region were “f—ing morons” and “that is why white people are at the top of the pecking order,” according to the report.
Former and current employees attributed the three workers’ deaths to a falling pipe, a collapsed wall, and a mishandling of explosives.
About the incidents, Borg said: “You can’t train for stupidity,” according to the Journal. “The white blokes are at the top of the tree.”
He added: “Any allegations of wrongdoing and misconduct are thoroughly investigated…If any wrongdoing is substantiated, we take appropriate action.”
Borg has also made misogynistic and sexually explicit comments, and more racist remarks, according to the report. After he allegedly insulted a Black female employee and he met with human resources, Borg was advised to take six months of personal coaching, noted Fortune.
