Lots of work to be done — but eager to do it! - Senior Manager WeWork Employee Review

4.0
Jul 20, 2019
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

WeWork is truly in a rapid growth stage: there's a lot of really exciting work to be done, and the company's mission and values are truly inspiring. There's workplace flexibility unlike I've ever experienced — opportunities to explore different communities, flex your schedule in order to accommodate working with global teams, a lot of autonomy to focus my efforts on the things that matter most. The workspaces themselves are really beautiful, and that makes me want to come into the office (even if I may not need to!).

Cons

Because of the lack of structure and seeming lack of direction, I sometimes feel like I'm meandering a bit: while I love the flexibility of working where I please, it would be nice to have an assigned desk or space so that I can truly call it my "home base" (and, by extension, start to build a network). Because of how quickly the company is growing and the lack of resources to map where we've been, it's extremely challenging to know where to find the information you need — or even to find the right person who can put you in the right distraction. While there's definitely a lot of energy, the corporate culture does skew young, to the point where it sometimes seems immature. Plus, it's blatantly homogeneous, which can be off-putting to a person of color.

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5.0
Mar 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Weekends off Solid structure that you couldn’t find in a normal cafe Base rate that would be equivalent to working a busy cafe with tips

Cons

Depending on location, the customer flow can be insanely heavy. Members tend to come multiple times a visit.

3.0
May 25, 2018
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

VERY cool HQ--beer, fruit water, and other treats on tap, free breakfast, amazing decor, lots of events and cool trendy vendors who bring free stuff--if you like to humblebrag via Insta, you'll love this place. Some cool people --celebrities come in and out, your colleagues are generally very attractive folks, there's a sense of excitement and true commitment to the work (borderline evangelism) depending on who you work with and what you do. Name recognition and valuation -- company is a rising star and it's worth having on your resume. A cool mission on the surface--bringing community together, helping people do what they love (making work a passion rather than a chore) through connection.

Cons

This place is like drinking from one continuous Kool-Aid jug. VERY cult-y and cliquey. You are either in or you're out, and if you're out, rather than cut you loose right away, they gaslight you. It's actually kind of shocking how many people I've seen be treated so poorly here, and perhaps no coincidence that they were folks of color. Kind of hard to find the down to earth people I did find. I enjoyed the Community teams and Security/Ops/Real Estate people I met, probably because they were constantly "hustling," but the HR team (the PEOPLE team, for goodness sake) and a lot of other "prominent" faces were consistently rude, with an overinflated sense of self and zero idea of how the WeWork "values" translate into behaviors/contributions from a prospective employee POV. You have to have been there since the start, or be prepared to ingratiate yourself, to get any traction in your professional development or career path. I was always shocked how badly my manager wanted to be liked, and how much they were willing to do to be liked, to get any kind of clout and/or promotion just bc they hadn't started out at WeWork as a community team member. Never mind that they were super qualified for their job. Pay varies depending on who you are; some people earn market value...some people very very much don't, and there doesn't seem to be any consistency that determines which is which. TGIM. Thank God it's Monday. Mandatory Monday meetings. Sometimes they circulate tequila shots. Is that a plus? Not sure. Summer Camp. Adult Summer Camp. With EDM, people in salmon colored shorts, and lots of loud rowdy entitled folks. If that's anything but a con for you, you probably belong here and godspeed.

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