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Better.com CEO Returns To Work After Viral Mass Firing

The company's board says it hired an outside firm to do a leadership and cultural assessment.
Posted at 12:37 PM, Jan 19, 2022
and last updated 2022-01-19 12:37:22-05

The Better.com CEO who became infamous after firing hundreds of people on Zoom last month is back at work.

Vishal Garg — who got a lot of flak for firing 900 people at once just weeks before the holidays — stepped away from Better.com after the controversy. But this was not before several company executives quit. 

The company's board says it hired an outside firm to do a leadership and cultural assessment.