Garg, who made headlines for laying off 900 employees on a company Zoom just before the 2021 holiday season, says he was fired on August 3 just as he brought the company to the precipice of success.

Better has been through a lot with Garg at the helm over the past several years. During the pandemic-fueled refinancing boom when mortgage rates were below 3%, the company held an $8 billion valuation. Today, with an imploded refi business and rates closing in on 7%, the AI mortgage company’s market value stands at just $300 million.

Toss in a leave of absence after the embarrassing Zoom layoff fiasco, a whistleblower lawsuit (it was dropped), an investigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission (nothing came of it), a disastrous 2023 SPAC merger that sent the company’s stock cratering 93% and years of mounting losses … it’s a minor miracle that Garg lasted this long as CEO.

But Garg says he was just about to deliver on the company’s unlikely turnaround.

Oh brah, that sucks brah. But look, you know about AI so finding a new job will be a fun exercise for you as you realize all the hiring pipelines are completely broken because of AI.

Vishal Garg feels duped.

The irony.

Fuck you, Vishal Garg.

Also, fuck Mark Zuckerberg, just because I haven't said it yet, today.

I wish him very little success in his future endeavours.

I read the article. What a fucking whinger. What does he want? Empathy?

No empathy for CEOs.

But the leopards would never eat my face

May they all get Mangioned (Mangione’ed?)

Sorry, your former role is better carried out by AI and at a far lower price point. In fact, we’re about to replace the entire C-suite with AI.

I feel sorry that it didn't happen weeks before the holidays like what he did to his own employees. Let him sit with failure through Christmas dinner.

I can only hope he finds himself in financial distress and has to worry about how he'll pay his bills. Saying he'll work for $1 a year tells me that's probably not going to happen.

Vishal Garg-le deez nuts!

The company had never been, Better

He could probably live out the rest of his life on just one years worth of grotesquely huge bonuses that a common worker can't even make after 40 years of work. Fuck that guy. He should just go away.

Vishal Garg. Net worth ~$2 billion.

His name should be in the headline.

Fuck off, Vishal Garg, you whiny, little bitch. We shouldn't allow billionaires to exist.

the AI mortgage company’s market value stands at just $300 million.

I don't specifically know how bad I feel for those 900 employees getting fired from such a scuzzy business, but I can say for sure that I hope there's a Hell for people like Vishal Garg.

Edit: His whining in the article is gold, by the way, for anyone who hasn't read it.

I was in the process of buying a house when he did the firings. About the sign the final paperwork and suddenly my agent is just gone with zero answers from Better. Deal almost fell apart. My dude was about to have his first kid. I was so pissed and wished I could switch to a different company. I will never use Better again.

In the words of the great Nelson

Ha Ha

Toss in a leave of absence after the embarrassing Zoom layoff fiasco, a whistleblower lawsuit (it was dropped), an investigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission (nothing came of it), a disastrous 2023 SPAC merger that sent the company’s stock cratering 93% and years of mounting losses … it’s a minor miracle that Garg lasted this long as CEO.

But Garg says he was just about to deliver on the company’s unlikely turnaround.

"I was just about to hit it big!" claims man who lost life savings at roulette table.

no

The only way the irony could have been tastier would have been this occurring during the holidays. Still tasty nonetheless.

Leopards: yum, delicious CEO faces!!

after all it's going to be xmas soon...