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Better.com CEO Vishal Garg, who laid off 900 employees over a Zoom meeting that lasted less than three minutes, is taking time off from the company, Vice reported.
Better.com founder Vishal Garg will return as CEO of the online mortgage lender, just weeks after he laid off 900 employees during a now-infamous Zoom call.
CEO Vishal Garg is facing backlash after laying off 900 employees over Zoom and then accusing them of “stealing” by not being productive. Better.com ...
Mortgage fintech Better has often stumbled as it tries to adjust to rising interest rates and falling loan originations. Layoffs are in the thousands.
When Better.com CEO Vishal Garg laid off 900 employees, or about 9% of the company’s staff, in early December, the startup world was shocked by his callous delivery. Now a video of Garg and CFO ...
Better CEO Vishal Garg apologized after laying off 900 people in a short meeting last week. CEO-communications experts said the apology memo read like a poor attempt at damage control.
Vishal Garg, the CEO of Better, spoke out nine months after laying off hundreds of people over Zoom. Garg said he "blundered" the layoffs but argued he's still the right person to lead the startup.
Vishal Garg Lays Off Real Estate Team. In December 2021, Garg laid off nearly 900 employees over a Zoom call that created a furor.
Max Levchin, CEO of buy-now, pay-later platform Affirm, said it’s important to help your employees pack their boxes after you lay them off. Although he was “terrified of owning the ...
Aside from abruptly laying off 900 employees, Garg accused at least 250 of the fired workers of “stealing” from the company through lack of productivity.