WeWork reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,482 total reviews)
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John Santora

68% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

WeWork has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,482 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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3K reviews
1.0
Jun 8, 2016

DO NOT JOIN COMMUNITY

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great parties/events. Summer Camp was one of the best weekends of my life. People are fun to work with. If you willing to work 10-12 hour days, you can run your own building fairly quickly. High work ethic = fast career growth. There are constantly new positions being created. Buildings are beautifully designed and the amenities of each building are fun/relaxing.

Cons

No respect for employees time. There are 2-3 hour meetings every Monday after 6pm not to include the amount of internal/external events you have to attend every week after the normal 9-6 hours. No desire to train/improve employees. You're hired "at will" so if they find someone that can do your job better, they'll fire you after interviewing the new candidate. They can and will fire you without any warning. HR rarely responds to any feedback. Managers don't respond to feedback either. Managers aren't trained to lead, but simply promoted because they were able to do the previous job well. No personal development AT ALL. Everything is self-learned. WeWork thinks that they can feed their employees alcohol daily and dangle a massive IPO in front of their employees and can get away with actually caring about them. Everyone is replaceable (even execs) and it's seriously a dog-eat-dog company. Community staff work under the worst conditions. High expectations of selling with little-to-no reward. Constant negative feedback on how things could be done better. Community team rarely celebrate any successes along the way, just a new goal at the end of the year that makes everyone think their stocks are going up.

5.0
May 27, 2016

Consultant (Temp to Perm)

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

WeWork has so much room for growth. I started in one position, and ended up in a entirely different position in a different department months later. If you really work hard, and show management that you are capable to get the job done, you will get to explore different opportunities, and get compensated for it. The people are absolutely amazing. You are guaranteed to establish lifetime friendships with people from all facets of life. The Co-Founders make sure they show all of their employees appreciation through amazing incentives all throughout the year.

Cons

The only cons I ran into were long hours. If you have a family, or endeavors outside of Wework it's challenging to juggle both. For me this wasn't a con because as I worked many hours I also learned a variety of new things while working. Also, the environment is so laid back long hours mostly include beer, food, and couches while you're working after hours, yes for free :)

2.0
May 12, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Energetic and enthusiastic community. Unique offices and buildings that fit the neighborhoods. Lots of interaction with amazing members. Beer on tap.

Cons

A cult-like environment among the employees. Absolutely no loyalty. Lots of turnover. Lots of catty office politics. Indirect consequences for disagreeing. Long hours. Employees are expendable. The facilities are not as nice as they appear. Management very slow to respond. Over-complicated and redundant online platform. Penny-pinchers. Overbearing management. Sales are more important than the community (which is directly contradictory to their mission statement). WeWork's facade is not their real self.

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