Vishal Garg, the head of the digital mortgage company Better.com, made a shocking announcement on a Zoom call last Wednesday. He inform more than 900 of his employees that they were being terminated.

“If you’re on this call, you are part of the unlucky group that is being laid off,” Garg said on the call.

“Your employment here is terminated effective immediately.”

Vishal Garg has apologized for the way he fired about 900 employees over Zoom last week.

In a letter to employees dated Tuesday, the executive, Vishal Garg, wrote that “I failed to show the appropriate amount of respect and appreciation for the individuals who were affected and for their contributions to Better”, which was published on Better.com’s website.