Isn't Flexport the company that was on HN's top page pretty much every week for like 2-3 years? Always hiring?
Having a general idea of how logistics work ( it's an huge complex and many times insane monster sometimes devourer of men ), something's was "off" with this whole Flexport signaling.
Not saying it's a time bomb or a WeWork because I don't have any information about that, but I always had the general feeling to stay away.
About the CEO thing, who knows.. CEO's are to blame but we tend to forget founders and "the board" are most of the times the biggest offenders. Their "visions" and key objectives many times lead to an absolute mad-house inside companies and ruined lives.