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The company's board says it hired an outside firm to do a leadership and cultural assessment.
Better.com CEO Returns To Work After Viral Mass Firing
Dominic Lipinski / AP
January 19, 2022
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.
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