TechCrunch writes about the American company Better, which deals with loans, borrowings and mortgages. Its technical boss, Vishal Garg, prepared an unpleasant Christmas present for the employees as early as December 2021, when he told them during a video call in the Zoom application that if they were part of a conversation, they would unfortunately say goodbye to them.
Annoying video call
After inviting 900 employees to call without telling them why, Garg said: “I come to you with not great news. The market has changed, as you know, and we must move with it to survive. If you are on this call, you are part of an unfortunate group that is being laid off. Your employment is here with immediate terminated, “ Garg told shocked employees in December.
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Other statements, which were again announced in a barrage way
Even today, on March 8, a similar step was taken again, albeit in a slightly different and much worse way. The situation is all the more serious now that there are even more employees. It has up to 3,000 employees from the USA and India.
These people only found out about their statement by chance. They found out that they had been fired after receiving redundancy payments through their payroll applications – not informing anyone in advance or preparing them for it. The redundancies were due to be announced on March 9, but one employee reportedly said the company accidentally released the payslips in advance.
According to them, they solved this really disgustingly
“The apparent dismissal has begun. The severance pay is displayed in our Workday app (which is actually a payroll app, ed. Note) from 12:00 in the appropriate time zones. No email, no call, nothing. This has been disgustingly handled, ” one of the employees told TechCrunch.
A Better.com spokesman confirmed that the number of 3,000 redundancies on March 8 was real and shared CFO Kevin Ryan’s statement on wage fluctuations. “We need to take a challenging step to further streamline our operations and substantially reduce our workforce in both the United States and India.” they stated.
