The end of the year should be about celebrating your staff, Christmas bonuses, and joy. But one company didn’t get that memo. About 900 employees of digital mortgage company Better.com learned they had been fired in an abruptly scheduled, three-minute group Zoom call. A recording of the December 1st meeting was posted to TikTok.

• Employees logged on to the impromptu call and this is what they got

  @stardust.society

  #fyp #laidoff #savage

  ♬ original sound - Stardust Society

  CEO Vishal Garg said, “If you’re on this call, you are part of the unlucky group being laid off. Your employment here is terminated effective immediately.”

• Employees said those laid off were random and didn't make a lot of sense

  @stardust.society

  Better.com laid off 900 people this week #layoff #layoffs #laidoff #jobsearch

  ♬ original sound - Stardust Society

• Someone should teach this CEO how to handle this situation

  https://www.tiktok.com/@dan_from_hr/video/7037674962404134190?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&q=better.com%20layoff&t=1638891747401

• Employees were understandably not impressed

  @stardust.society

  What employees said about Better #layoff #layoffs #laidoff #jobsearch

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• You can definitely get rid of that label

  https://t.co/4GccLSZ3en Lays off 10% of their workforce, days before Christmas while simultaneously taking a $1B payday. Analysts need to remove this place off the "best places to work" lists. #layoffs

  — Lovable hater (@Rentaur) December 1, 2021

• Maybe he should hope to be more compasionate

  One of the 900 employees fired via Zoom call by https://t.co/GE6nde2GUd’s CEO slams “dispassionate” manner company handled this.
  
  CEO prefaces call by saying he cried the first time he had to conduct mass layoffs, and “this time I hope to be stronger” 😵‍💫 https://t.co/0vlw43MML9

  — Kristine Servando (@tinssoldier) December 7, 2021

• They are probably better off not working for a company with a CEO like this

  The Bizarre Circumstance behind the https://t.co/tlMmvzifdX Layoffs – A Tale of a Toxic Workplace https://t.co/qg00zCUNIY

  — tingsmencup (@tingsmencup) December 7, 2021

• Good luck finding employees who have any shred of respect for you

  @workhap

  won’t forget what you did 😢 #layoff #vishalgarg #betterlayoffs #worklife #workhap

  ♬ original sound - secret brittany

• I'm completely opposed to cancel culture but this guy and company just might deserve it

  https://twitter.com/161_BKLYN/status/1468191999333441541

• Hopefully he doesn't get a next time but if so maybe he will handle it

  There's a lot to discuss about https://t.co/QMaA0giiTg's recent #layoff, but I'd like to focus on one thing the CEO said: “The last time I did this, I cried. This time, I hope to be stronger.” My advice when laying off people: Don't make it about you! https://t.co/f8fFPEK6SV

  — @augieray@mastodon.social (@augieray) December 7, 2021

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