She was put on an “unexplained leave of absence” from the company in early January - and just a week later, received notice of a resignation “she did not tender.” Her employment was terminated in February, just a month after her leave of absence, “without reason, severance or benefits,” the lawsuit alleged. She was especially concerned about Garg’s “misinformation” after the incident.īut she reportedly faced retaliation for this, the lawsuit alleges. Pierce, who, according to the lawsuit, was “the functional equivalent of Chief Operating Officer” at, raised these concerns with multiple executives and the company’s counsel shortly after the scandal that brought Garg and his company viral notoriety. Garg “overruled Pierce,” claiming that the company’s sales “would increase because ‘President Biden will die of COVID,’” consequently causing interest rates to fall and “save the Company from its worsening financial condition.” One of the especially baffling pieces of the lawsuit: Months before Garg’s Zoom layoffs, he “directed Pierce and other company executives to hire hundreds of additional personnel” despite concerns about rising interest rates and the fast-shifting market. Past reports have also painted Garg as confrontational and threatening he once reportedly threatened to staple his former business partner to a wall and burn him alive. ‘A number of customers were not getting the service they deserved,’ he said.Among the missteps Garg allegedly made, according to the lawsuit: He reportedly “misstated and exaggerated the Company’s ‘organic traffic revenue,’” “ignored internal projections” for ’s profitability and defamed employees during the viral incident, claiming that laid-off employees were “stealing” from the company.įor a quick refresher of that fiasco, Garg laid off 900 - nearly 9% - of the staff on a Zoom call, then proceeded to disparage many of them on Blind, an anonymous job forum.
Mr Garg - who once threatened to burn an ex-business partner alive, according to court papers - admitted his blog post ‘could have been phrased differently’.īut he told Fortune magazine he stood by the sentiments expressed after data monitoring showed staff were slacking. Oh no, this can’t be happening,’ the person can be heard saying.ĩ% of staff at the Manhattan-based firm have lost their jobs, including the entire diversity and equality team. In another clip, one fired employee appeared to express shock at the news. One worker filmed the Zoom call and shared it online - including the moment he yelled at the screen: ‘F*** you dude.
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