Better.com CEO Who Fired 900 Workers on Zoom Call Reinstalled

> reflect on his leadership, reconnect with the values that make Better

Do they do breathing exercises, read through power point slides? How does one reconnect with corporate values?

Or, do they just fly to a five star resort, play golf and sample expensive drinks and when back, sign a “I certify I am cured, I promise!” paper and send it to the board.

> The move reflects a turnaround for the company, which is planning to go public in a SPAC deal at a valuation of $6.9 billion.

Of course it's through a SPAC. Maybe Chamath can promote it?

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that "cancel culture" is really just "temporary pause on unfettered access to fame and fortune culture". It's wild to me how many stories I've seen over the past few months—in a variety of industries and contexts—where somebody who had only recently been "persona non grata" is back on the job and back in the public eye. I'm beginning to think the only truly-binding cancel culture is when someone is literally prosecuted for a crime.

I'm not saying in particular whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, just an observation (plus IMO the media kerfuffle over cancel culture is way overblown).

If a random employee behaved in the manner that this guy did, they would have fired his ass without a second thought.

While I'm sure that some people are stupid enough to believe that this man has some sort of rare talent that is SO special that you can't replicate it, the fact of the matter is that a CEO isn't some administrative robot that gets shit done. He is the leader of your organization and who your employees look to for guidance and confidence. This dude is TOXIC. Not only should he have been fired, but anyone who thought it was a good idea to keep him in his position should be removed from the board ASAP.

What I never understood about this saga is how else he was meant to go about it. It’s certainly more courteous to fire via Zoom than to send an email, and given that it’s a pandemic I’m not sure there were any other choices.

> ...Garg described one of his investors as “sewage.”

And yet the board re-instated him. Nice.