WeWork reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(3,500 total reviews)
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John Santora

71% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

WeWork has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,500 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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4K reviews
4.0
Apr 3, 2024
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

They have very good benefits

Cons

They have very high turn over

2.0
Mar 14, 2024

An unfortunate downward spiral (wrt culture and the teams)

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

To some extent, they do care about their employees - a strong tactic to ensure employees keep chasing the imaginary carrot. The perks include learning and growth opportunities, healthcare, breakfast, transport coverage (to some extent). Not all of these benefits apply to all departments equally, which shoud be the first point of concern. A lot of people you meet at WeWork are lovely, especially those who have shared discriminatory experiences. The deepest connection comes with the most excruciating experience. The company, as a whole, is doing quite well - no matter how little they may actually be rewarding the true worker bees in the system. They party fairly hard. Honestly, not sure if this is a plus, but some may appreciate it.

Cons

The biggest red flag is the nepotism and favouritism that riots the office spaces. If the people at the top do not like you, you can forget about any sort of growth - and they can choose not to like you simply because you stood up for yourself (or someone else) in a sticky situation or because you challenged their 10-hour workdays (yes, 10 hours, while also working through your lunch break and while many employees travel from really far too, with no reimbursement on their travel). However, if they do like you, you can expect a lot of promotions, salary increments, performance/achievement related bonuses, awards and an "exclusive in" with their personal friend groups. Heights of absolute clique-ism - which makes you feel like you're in high school all over again! Second, there is pretty high attrition rate within the company, save for a few top guns mentioned above who have been around since the company was birthed. With more new people coming in, internal growth for an employee is killed imminently - they would rather hire someone at a higher position than promote a hardworker internally - and the disgruntled employee ends up having to train the new hires, which kills their spirit. The attrition also means that not everyone gets replaced, thus resulting in heavier workloads for the rest of the team, which obviously does not get adequately recognised neither through promotion nor remuneration. Third, managers face so much pressure from the top which trickle down onto their teams, that their empathy ends up at an all time nil. Several incidents include how some team members have had to take emergency leaves (think along the lines of accidents, sudden hospitalisation, family emergencies etc) and the managers have reached out to them for work related concerns, while making little to no efforts to understand the state of mind of the team member.

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WeWork Response
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Thank you for your feedback and the time taken to write the review. We offer all our employees industry-leading benefits and an environment where our colleagues feel both heard and valued. While we are often acknowledged as a great place to work via externally run and independent surveys, our employees and ex-employees, we continue to stay committed towards continuous improvement in all aspects of our business, and that includes the environment we offer our teams. We are proud of the speak up culture that we nurture and have several forums and avenues for employees to share feedback on a real time basis - employee surveys, office hours, skip meetings and our AI led engagement platform. What underscores all these listening tools, is that the feedback that is heard is followed up with action planning. Rest assured our endeavor is to build a strong and diverse management and leadership team to help us achieve our business aspirations and provide a best in class experience for our members and colleagues. We invest heavily in attracting, developing, grooming and engaging managerial and leadership talent. Coupled with this, we continue to build strong and independent people processes with the necessary guardrails to drive high performance, meritocracy and fairness. Our values in action, embedded at every stage across the employee lifecycle, helps us stay accountable and drive a high-performance and meritocratic culture. We have noted your perceptions and observations and stay committed to building a great place to work for our members and colleagues.
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