WeWork reviews

- Very hostile way of firing people out of the blue for reasons other than performance despite claiming it to be performance-related - in fact, resorting to letting go perfectly capable and high performing employees en masse (see news reports, the number is in fact higher at 500 employees vs. 300) because of having over-hired in certain departments and personal dislike of individuals - Extremely long probation periods which facilitate above unethical firing practices + only 1 week notice (ironic in the face of the company’s focus on “community” and “we are your family” attitude) - Cultish (as many others have pointed out) company culture is being implemented top-down, and quite aggressively so. Very much a "drink the kool aid or you're out" type of company. - The CEO seems to relish his position of power and assumed position as a modern-day messiah, as evidenced by the cheers of certain employees when on stage during summit - Bro-ish and child-like culture despite the focus on "community" and spirituality (the appropriation of yoga/spirituality being an actual insult to the latter) - When employee morale is down, instead of addressing the issues, managers try to bribe employees by offering them drinks/pizza/financial incentives - Greenwashing practices – somebody please tell me how flying over 6000 employees to LA is environmentally friendly? - Management is being told to force employees (especially more junior ones) to attend all kinds of after-work events and wear "swag", which are the company-branded clothes. The sort of thing that certain people seem to enjoy, while feeling contrived for any such person regarding him/herself as a grown adult. - The way performance metrics are developed is opaque, and not in line with what is realistically achievable - whilst it is perfectly understandable to have high standards and push to guarantee the (in a hypergrowth phase company) required continued growth, blind and at times unfounded optimism results in poor employee morale and even mental health problems such as anxiety etc. - While the company states that it values autonomy and entrepreneurship, both these attributes were hard to display on-the-job as suggestions for improvement were often discarded and extreme micromanagement was the norm - People who advance within the company ranks tend to do so because of who they know vs. what they are able to do - Relentless, US-style push for optimism at the expense or realism – expect to have to fake happiness and excitement all the time - Internal processes could be better, countless incentives implemented and subsequently dropped or ignored after a short time, technology used by employees (e.g. phone systems) and website content of very poor quality, resulting in disgruntled customers

too cultish underpaid overworked very bad work life balance leadership has lost sight of the day to day important things and has their head in the clouds