WeWork Reviews

Cons

At times, it can be difficult because there's a lot of 'yes' folks in a period where the company is experiencing exponential growth and expectations without the tools to necessarily tackle them effectively.

A lot of the directors in the company, while great to work with, don't necessarily have the experience to guide people effectively in times of adversity.

The expectations versus the reality of my role was also a bit oversold, as I frequently worked 60+ hours a week.

Cons

This place is like drinking from one continuous Kool-Aid jug. VERY cult-y and cliquey. You are either in or you're out, and if you're out, rather than cut you loose right away, they gaslight you. It's actually kind of shocking how many people I've seen be treated so poorly here, and perhaps no coincidence that they were folks of color.

Kind of hard to find the down to earth people I did find. I enjoyed the Community teams and Security/Ops/Real Estate people I met, probably because they were constantly "hustling," but the HR team (the PEOPLE team, for goodness sake) and a lot of other "prominent" faces were consistently rude, with an overinflated sense of self and zero idea of how the WeWork "values" translate into behaviors/contributions from a prospective employee POV.

You have to have been there since the start, or be prepared to ingratiate yourself, to get any traction in your professional development or career path. I was always shocked how badly my manager wanted to be liked, and how much they were willing to do to be liked, to get any kind of clout and/or promotion just bc they hadn't started out at WeWork as a community team member. Never mind that they were super qualified for their job.

Pay varies depending on who you are; some people earn market value...some people very very much don't, and there doesn't seem to be any consistency that determines which is which.

TGIM. Thank God it's Monday. Mandatory Monday meetings. Sometimes they circulate tequila shots. Is that a plus? Not sure.

Summer Camp. Adult Summer Camp. With EDM, people in salmon colored shorts, and lots of loud rowdy entitled folks. If that's anything but a con for you, you probably belong here and godspeed.

Cons

Very intensive; the work life balance is a bit off on the Community side, but that's what it takes to make a "start-up" work.

Cons

I had a great experience.

Cons

It is the most white washed work place I’ve seen, there’s maybe 1% people of color in we works unless they are cleaning or doing labor, I haven’t seen one community manager that’s not from the burbs and white here

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.

Cons

Hours, Hours, hours. Since things change so often you have to stay on your toes or get left behind (not for the faint of heart)

Cons

Hey Bro - you good? - I hear that a lot. Clearly trying to hard to be a young tech company instead of an office leasing company with good design and marketing skills. Not very many people with a grey hair around and it shows in the lack of discipline. Sooner or later the business will be judged by how well its operating as opposed to how well the cult holds together. Until then - free beer!

Cons

No clear growth path. Too much politics going on underneath everyone’s smiling faces. Pay is low and not structured. There are people who get paid very little and does the actual work and help the company, and they are others who get paid for literally no actual impact. Hypocrites. Recently the no meat policy is a perfect example of it bragging about inclusiveness or other big stuff while really just realizing certain people’s values and beliefs.

Cons

- Needs 401k matching
- Community Associates should get paid more
- Community Associates may be a little too empowered that we sometimes perform at a Community Lead level but don't get compensated for it