Better.com CEO Vishal Garg fired 900 employees last Wednesday through a zoom call. He later responded that the decision was based on employee performance and productivity.
‘If you’ve been involved in this call you do not like what I’m going to say anymore. You are being dismissed. The decision will take effect soon, “Vishal Garg, 43, told staff during a Zoom call, according to CNN. Better.com’s 9 percent of its employees lost their jobs in a single day. An employee recorded a zoom call and shared it on social media.
According to the Daily Mail, Garg said in a three – minute call that he was making a “very challenging decision”. ‘This is the second time in my career that I have done this. I do not like this, I cried the last time I did this. I will try to be stronger this time.
Of those laid off, at least 250 worked an average of 2 hours a day. At the same time, they were paid to work 8 hours or more. They were robbing us and the people who used our services, ”Garg later wrote on his blog.
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