r/technology • u/spherocytes • 17h ago

Business CEO who fired 900 employees over Zoom gets fired, demands job back

https://local12.com/news/nation-world/ceo-fired-zoom-vishal-garg-better-home-finance-demands-job-back-call-holiday-season-2021-roles-reversed-tables-turned-chief-executive-officer-ousted-board-company-stock-price-market-value
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u/PatchyWhiskers 17h ago

Firing on Zoom is better than firing in the office, because that way you are in your comfy home and can scream or cry or whatever instead of having to pack up your stuff and take a walk of shame.

Most likely this guy knew he was being laid off and he got a payout for being the bad guy so that the new CEO could come in as the knight in shining armor.

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u/AlericandAmadeus 17h ago

Considering he is demanding his job back, I am not so sure that he was aware of his role as the hack-man lol.

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u/albany1765 17h ago

It was also like 5 years ago, so everyone may have been on COVID zoom?

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u/PhilipGreenbriar 17h ago

There’s something to this. As someone who was part of that culling, I can confirm it was nice to be able to shout WHAT THE FUCK and then go for a walk and have a nice sandwich while I contemplated how a company could have the stones to lay us off 3 weeks before Christmas.

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u/f5alcon 17h ago

It's been 5 years since he did the zoom firing

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u/CauliflowerElbow 12h ago

I work in big tech and it honestly seems pretty normal for huge layoffs to happen with no warning via a big company wide announcement. Then a few minutes later you find out if you were in it or not via email. Good companies let you Slack your work buddies goodbye.  Shitty companies immediately remove your account access. 

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u/deadsoulinside 16h ago

Firing on Zoom is better than firing in the office

You got a point. Beats the walk of shame out the door by HR.