WeWork reviews

I joined WeWork via acquisition of a start up I was working at. I was really excited at first, but every day until my last day was discouraging - and WeWork did not meet my initial expectations in any way. I did not get to work on one project at WeWork that didn't fail for some reason outside of my control. There were multiple times that our dev team was given requirements for features to build over the next few weeks. We'd build exactly what is being asked for and stay in communication with stakeholders to make sure that we are staying aligned with the goals of the project. Upon completing the work required in our tech stack to launch, we'd be notified that for some reason (usually another part of the company not being able to execute the changes needed on their end) that the project was cancelled or "paused indefinitely". After failing to launch anything new with our project over the course of 4 months, our project was shutdown. The operations of our start up were closed. In summary, my time at WeWork looked like this: - Get acquired by WeWork. - Be excited to see what we can do with all of the new resources offered by a large company. - Repeatedly build tech, but have it not get used due to another part of the company not realizing the work needed for our project (operations in physical space, legal, etc) - Four months after being acquired, have the entire start up shutdown. Some more things I found really discouraging: - When we were acquired I asked to re-negotiate my contract, and was told I would be able to do that soon after starting at WeWork. I often reminded my manager that this is something I'd like to do, but it never actually happened. - The executive team really lacks diversity. - Rumors of layoffs hanging over everyone's heads for months. It really was the most disappointing stretch of my career so far. However, I will add the disclaimer that my time at the company really lined up with one of the most volatile times that WeWork has ever had. I think this may have contributed to my negative experience. That being said, I still would not personally give them another chance. They have already wasted enough of my time.

It’s hard not to see everything upper management does as geared toward doing as little work as possible. Every organization wants to eschew responsibility for every incoming issue brought to them. Nobody actually has projects they’re working on; everyone is simply putting duct tape over quickly hemorrhaging wounds. WeWork’s biggest PR focus right now is ensure employees do not share stories of misconduct with the media so that SoftBank doesn’t find out how irresponsible the whole organization still is. It’s not just Adam Neumann that was irresponsible, sloppy, and lazy. The entirety of WeWork is a complete mess and nothing short of firing every single person and starting completely new is going to change that. The attitudes of entitlement, laziness, coupled with incompetence mean that I will stay here for as long as possible and take advantage of this company. I won’t meaningfully work on an impactful project for a single minute and I will collect paychecks, because WeWork has enabled me to do so with gusto. Everyone here is part of the grift. I can’t wait to move on and for my career to progress but being able to do whatever I want and not lift a finger is too tempting to turn down. I’m basically on paid vacation and they’re enabling that. If they offer you a gig anywhere outside of community, take it. You can coast on doing nearly nothing for months, if not years, and the whole organization from the top down will support that. The problem is that if you’re trying to do your job, you literally can’t. Nobody else in the organization will work with you to complete anything. You have to accept that nothing is going to move here. Keep your head down and collect paychecks. Don’t try and get anyone to work; that’s how you get fired.