CEO Fires 900 Employees Over Zoom
執行長透過Zoom開除900名員工

Being fired is never fun, but being told over a one-way Zoom call is a particularly difficult way for it to happen. But that's how the CEO of New York-based mortgage and home insurance company Better.com laid off more than 900 of his employees.

In a video of the call, which has been shared on YouTube, Better.com CEO Vishal Garg can be seen announcing the news.

"I come to you with not great news," he said. He said that the industry had changed, and that the company had to change with it to be able to survive.

Garg said that he had made the decision to lay people off, so he wanted employees to hear the bad news from him. He added that this was the second time he had had to do this in his career.

"The last time I did it I cried," he said. "This time I hope to be stronger."

He then announced that the company was laying off about 15% of its employees.

"If you're on this call, you are part of the unlucky group being laid off," said Garg. He said their employment was ending immediately.

The employee recording the call can be heard saying she couldn't believe it.

在一個YouTube影片中，可看到紐約貸款與房屋保險公司Better.com的執行長用視訊通話開除他底下900多名員工。執行長表示該產業已經變了，而公司必須隨之改變以求生存。因此，他已經做出裁員的決定，「如果你也在這個通話裡，你也是不幸被裁員的人之一。」影片中，老闆這麼說。同時，你也會聽到將該通話錄下來的員工，不可置信的反應。

fire
to remove an employee from their job
解僱
He was fired because he was late almost every day.
他被解僱是因為他幾乎每天都遲到。

particularly
to a greater extent, degree, etc. than usual
特別
That was a particularly boring meeting.
那是一場特別無聊的會議。

mortgage
an agreement in which a bank lends a person money to buy property which is paid back over a period of time; the amount of money lent
抵押貸款
Many young couples struggle to save a deposit for their first mortgage.
許多年輕夫婦都在努力為他們的第一筆貸款存款。

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