The CEO of Better.com has said he is “deeply sorry” for firing 900 of his employees just weeks before Christmas via a Zoom call that quickly went viral online. In a letter to his employees, Vishal Garg, the executive of the online mortgage lender, said he “failed to show the appropriate amount of respect and appreciation for the individuals who were affected and for their contributions to Better.” “I own the decision to do the layoffs, but in communicating it I blundered the execution. In doing so, I embarrassed you,” he wrote in the letter that was published on Better.com’s website (pdf). The CEO came under fire last week when he laid off roughly 9 percent of his company’s employees via a Zoom call, citing market efficiency, performance, and productivity as the reason behind the firings. He began the call by telling his employees that he does not have “great news” for them, adding that the last time he was forced to …