 The chief executive of the online mortgage lender Better issued an apology following the backlash created by his firing of 900 workers, approximately 9 of the companys workforce, during a hostile 3-minute call on the Zoom NASDAQ: ZM platform. What Happened: Vishal Garg, Betters CEO, spoke with those designated for termination last Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday break, claiming it was a really, really challenging decision to make while adding it was the second time in my career Im doing this and I do not want to do this the last time I did it, I cried. 