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Aug 23, 2019 14 Comments

anyone working at wework that can speak to the conoany culture, the articles on excessive drinking or it being a “boys club” environment? would anyone consider working there right now?

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  • WeWork
    xbvg53

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    xbvg53
    Honestly, within the tech org, the company culture is great and doesn’t feel particularly “boys club” at all.

    WLB is great, base pay is great.

    The problems, while more than what people think, are mostly not very challenging. There are a few that are challenging, cool problems, but there’s a lot of run of the mill work where we are a couple years behind and playing catch-up.

    I honestly don’t have too many complaints.
    Yes, we’re spending a lot of money on growth, but all the people who talk shit on that never seemed to see it as a problem when Uber/Lyft were doing it.
    Aug 23, 2019 4
  • Amazon
    EhKU38

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    EhKU38
    OP
    What about the rumors about the drinking culture or the eccentric CEO cashing in his stock? If considering leaving Amazon I don’t want to go to something just as bad.
    Aug 24, 2019 1
    • WeWork
      xbvg53

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      xbvg53
      I can’t speak for outside the tech org, but within tech, the drinking is usually only on Friday nights at the end of the day, or at work outings/events. It’s not very prevalent from my experience.

      As for the CEO, we thought it was sketchy too, but just recognize that apparently $400m of it was loans that were repaid & $100m went to charities.

      Source: https://www.axios.com/behind-wework-founders-700m-cash-out-37b82639-272a-4846-9a43-7deb567b04a4.html

      Honestly, it’s still a little sketch, but its also such a tiny share of his holdings. He still holds a huge stake in the company. The remaining $200m that he used to buy buildings and lease them to WeWork definitely rubbed me the wrong way, but allegedly he wasn’t trying to make a profit and has since sold the properties to either WeWork or elsewhere, allegedly.
      Aug 24, 2019
  • Oracle / Eng
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    No, they suck big time
    Aug 23, 2019 1
  • WeWork
    emsS60

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    emsS60
    Never get a boys club environment at WeWork. I don’t drink and feel that events and other happy hours are comfortable, no one is pressuring you or encouraging you to drink
    Sep 24, 2019 1
  • StubHub
    chicken88

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    chicken88
    Aren't they bleeding huge amounts now?
    Aug 23, 2019 0