Imagine you are one of hundreds of remote work-from-home employees called to attend a video conference with the CEO at the start of your workday. You think this must be the big announcement of the new product line or sales plan, only to find out that you, along with your co-workers, are summarily terminated as one of hundreds of “video-tiles” on the screen.
Pandemonium breaks out as some cry; some lash out and the conversation deteriorates into a hodge-podge of accusations and disbelief.
This is not an imaginary tale, but reflects reality where recently Better.com CEO Vishal Garg sparked an immediate backlash among its employees and the public when he laid off 900 employees over Zoom, and followed it up with allegations that some employees had stolen from the company by only working two hours a day.
Garg ended up taking a leave of absence, and the company did a top to bottom independent review of its culture, and revisited leadership positions by recruiting a new board chairman, president, and chief human resources officer.
Ultimately, Garg returned to work, but not without first causing damage to the brand and apologizing for his admitted missteps and its...
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