If you were looking for nominees for “ Worst Boss of the Year , ” look no further than Better.com CEO Vishal Garg , who is apparently “ charter time off ” in response to the backlash he ’s receive for comport like trash .
Garg landed in hot waterearlier this monthwhen he somehow adjudicate it was o.k. to lay off 900 of the digital mortgage company ’s employees , or approximately 9 % of its workforce , in a Zoom call before the vacation . But hold back , the story does n’t end there . Garg thenwent on to accuse“at least 250 ” of the fired employee of “ stealing ” from their colleagues and customers on the anonymous social media meeting place Blind , saying that they only worked two hour but clocked in for more than eight hour .
After look backlash for his inhuman treatment , include theresignationof top executives , Garg apologise in apublic messageon Tuesday . While he stand by the layoffs , he said he “ ejaculate the execution ” when communicating them .
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On Friday , Vice reportedthat the Better ’s board of directors had send an electronic mail to employee inform them that Garg would be taking time off “ effective immediately . ” In the interim , good chief fiscal officer Kevin Ryan will execute the party day - to - day . The board also announced that it had lease an independent third - political party firm to carry out a “ leadership and ethnical judgment ” and supply recommendation to ramp up a better company culture .
“ We have much work to do and we trust that everyone can refocus on our customers and sustain each other to continue to build a slap-up caller and a company we can be proud of , ” the board write .
Gizmodo reached out to Better to take for confirmation about whether Garg was stepping away and additional commentary but did not receive a response by the time of publication . We ’ll verify to update this article if we find out back .
As far as the company goes , it announced in the beginning this calendar week that it was delaying its SPAC deal to go public .
Garg ’s behavior sadly is n’t surprising . Last year , aForbes reportshared a stressful and belligerent e-mail he had send to employees .
“ HELLO — fire up UP BETTER TEAM , ” Garg indite . “ You are TOO DAMN SLOW . You are a caboodle of DUMB DOLPHINS and … DUMB DOLPHINS get take in in meshwork and rust by sharks . SO cease IT . STOP IT . hold back IT justly NOW . YOU ARE EMBARRASSING ME . ”
In add-on , as pointed out by Vice , Garg has also reportedly called one of the troupe ’s top investor “ sewerage . ” When it come to Indigenous Peoples ’ Day , the CEO told employees that they should n’t take the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. off , but rather work to gain “ majuscule , and therefore our freedom . ”
I beg to take issue : In this pillow slip , and in no doubt countless others that the public is unaware of , Garg is the superfluity . Only a scumbag would treat multitude like he does , and I ’m glad the employee leave alone at Better will get a well - deserved respite from him . I only hope that party leadership reconsiders having someone like Garg in kick and reach an example out of him . Oh wait , money .
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