Pros
-Casual dress environment (jeans, t-shirts, hoodies, beanies, etc) -cool offices/layout -celebrities at company events (rappers, singers, actors, etc) - allowed to drink the office (turns into a con quickly)
Cons
-WeWork adds no value to your career. All you will learn is how to deal with high volumes of work, constant changes to projects/deadlines. You will learn nothing at this place that will be of valuable to your next role -Majority of senior management got their position by being related, or married to a relative of Adam Nuemann. - The company doesn't allow each department to properly staff, yet have enough money to rent Madison Square Garden for 3 days, and Pay countless celebrities to make appearances at company events globally -ZERO work life balance! Each employee at WeWork has a work load meant for 2-3 people or more. You have to work holidays, weekends, stay after hours to keep up. On average you will work 12-13 hour days. If you don't, you will be fired for "poor performance" - Company recently fired 300 people for "poor performance" . Same thing happened in 2016 when 7% of employees were let go (does that sound stable) -the "cool/trendy" buildings are for members. Employees get to work in buildings that are constantly under construction. I've had to walk through actual construction sites to get to my desk and conduct calls while hearing power tools being used on the next floor. - Drinking is encouraged. Beer/wine on tap and employees also have hard liquor on their desks. Frat like environment where you are pressured to drink and if you decline you will be treated differently - Cult like environment is not a joke! WeWork expects you to send your kids to WeGrow, live at WeLive, workout at Power by We, and work at WeWork. people have started getting WeWork tattoos!!! -no 401k match, but expect you to buy the company stock options. Unfortunately, people who refuse to know better buy the stocks and think they will actually get to cash them out and leave. With the high turn over rate and constant lay offs I don't see how that will ever happen - Be prepared to do a lot of physical work despite your seniority. I have seen managers, directors moving furniture, breaking down equipment, packing and unpacking boxes. -huge pay disparity. People who are Adam's friends make tons of money to do nothing, and know nothing about their job. Versus the brilliant people who are actually qualified are payed below market value and when you factor in the number of hours worked they are extremely underpaid -not as tech savvy as they portray. nothing is automated
