Pros
- Trendy decor, growing company, great mission in theory - You WILL meet some good people here - Access to all WeWork buildings + making new friends at Summer Camp + fun perks and benefits
Cons
- It is so easy to get trapped here - easily gaslighted and manipulated into staying in these roles. This place is entirely a mis-alignment of power: consistent criticism and little empowerment, being told over and over that you're easily replaceable, threatening to take pieces of your role away until you're no longer needed. - This place is every definition of a cult-like company (complete devotion to the leader, shame-cycles, paranoia about the outside world, de-legitimizing former members, all of it). In wake of the #MeToo movement and slowly surfacing allegations of accounts of sexual assault within the company, the teams were immediately told that these were bold-faced lies and that it would be fought with every legal action imaginable with little consideration to the fact that most of us had seen or experienced sexual harassment at one of their required-to-participate open bar parties. - There is no work/life balance here. The atmosphere is competitive, and most people are worried that if they don’t stay until 11:30pm, they will not get the promotion. - Horrible communication within company and teams. Teams find out about the company-wide announcements in the news, instead of internally: company growth, new ventures, etc. - No consideration for employee movement or preference/tons of run-around, and very little growth potential. Spent months trying to stretch into a new role, and was promised addition to meetings and 1:1 conversations that did not happen. - There are sketchy things that go on here. From being significantly funded by Softbank, and supporting money from Saudi Arabia, to complete conflicts of interest by WeWork's CEO, to paying hush money for sexual assault allegations. Not a place you want to mess with. They will not take care of you.