To deal with this type of hypergrowth, Better's founder and CEO Vishal Garg has been on a mission to find the right employees by following a specific hiring philosophy. That's due in large part to one of the hottest housing markets in history. Since the pandemic began, the online mortgage startup has quadrupled in size, hiring more than 7,000 employees. Executives tell us how they've hired so many people and what they're doing to keep staff happy.īetter's trajectory over the last 18 months has been in overdrive.Business is booming, and the mortgage company has hired 7,000 people during the pandemic.Better was just recognized by LinkedIn as the top startup in America for the second year in a row.
