WeWork reviews

BE WARNED: On multiple occasions, it was encouraged to add or upvote positive Glassdoor reviews to offset the (many) negatives. There's a reason many positive reviews are so short. ---- For a company that claims to sell culture, WeWork's internal vibe is culturally anorexic at best and completely run on fear. I wish I could count the number of times a colleague cried on my shoulder for fear of getting canned. Executives view employees as "lucky" to be there which trickles down to an overall pattern of disrespect from the top - especially the C-suite. Comp is poor and untransparent, nepotism runs rampant through the (very narrow) halls, and fear of speaking up has formed pockets of rebellion. It has become a game to sit around common areas and swap WeWork horror stories like battle-hardened foot soldiers. It's the most cult-like environment I've seen outside of Jonestown. They list mandatory events as part of the benefits package and then punish those who don't want to take 4 days away from family. In my time at the company, I've never brought in a former colleague I cared for as I didn't want to be responsible for their experience if hired.

- 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.