WeWork reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(3,484 total reviews)
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John Santora

69% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

WeWork has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,484 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WeWork employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Imobiliária industry (3.8 stars).

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4.0
Apr 8, 2018
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay, stock options for all employees, and generous health insurance. Although it looks like a pretentious Silicon Valley startup on the outside most of the people are nice and down to earth. There are nice perks like a cool work space and free food (sometimes), coffee (often have barista at HQ), and free alcohol (although don't take a job based on free food/drinks). Opportunities to travel (yearly summit and "summer camp"). WeWork spends lavishly on corporate events and genuinely tries to retain the startup attitude despite being a massive corporation. Management seems genuinely nice and approachable. Their mission to make work spaces more human and communal is admirable. A lot of startups just make stuff that floats around on the internet and has questionable value, WeWork builds things in the real world.

Cons

No retirement plan. Those who don't work at corporate HQ in NY (those who run the actual WeWork's around the world) seem to be under a lot of pressure, are far from most of the exciting stuff, and seem to have a high turnover rate. WeWork is a company where everything is constantly changing which has its upside (innovation) but the constant workload/title/department/goal shifts can contribute to stress, uncertainty, wasted work, and job insecurity (people are laid off or let go very easily and with little warning). Some departments are more competent than others. Work hours are flexible but that means a lot of people, depending on their job, end up staying late or bringing their work home with them. It's nice that WeWork tries to innovate but some of their plans seem half-baked or inspired by the whims of the leadership. Finally the hip "do what you love" attitude can be a bit superficial. The best example of this is the late night TGIM (thank god it's Monday) meetings. No matter how cool your job is most people want to go home at the end of the day, not attend a dull speech, mandatory brainstorming session, or rally.

1.0
Apr 8, 2018
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- great business model and potential of business growth but not sure about individual growth - 20bn $ company - casual, fun culture and some great set of people - great employer branding. all my friends think i am probably doing great and envious of me. - some people are loyal, some have even posted multiple positive responses here just to get the rating up of WeWork on Glassdoor

Cons

- nepotism : I had heard stories of that in international locations but that has come to India as well. The team is filled with people who happened to know the "young" director of the company or were related to him in some ways. the so-called smart HR and other team members who have no idea what it is to run a team or organisation are calling the shots and just sucking up to whoever needs to be sucked up to. - hiring is a joke - no scope of growth once you have reached a certain level unless you wish to continue doing the same job in a different location - 12-14hrs days

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