A supernova rapidly imploding into a black hole - Technology WeWork Employee Review

2.0
Apr 12, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In my time here I've met some truly wonderful humans. Good opportunity for junior talent to get a lot of exposure quickly.

Cons

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.

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5.0
Mar 16, 2026
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Pros

Weekends off Solid structure that you couldn’t find in a normal cafe Base rate that would be equivalent to working a busy cafe with tips

Cons

Depending on location, the customer flow can be insanely heavy. Members tend to come multiple times a visit.

3.0
May 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

VERY cool HQ--beer, fruit water, and other treats on tap, free breakfast, amazing decor, lots of events and cool trendy vendors who bring free stuff--if you like to humblebrag via Insta, you'll love this place. Some cool people --celebrities come in and out, your colleagues are generally very attractive folks, there's a sense of excitement and true commitment to the work (borderline evangelism) depending on who you work with and what you do. Name recognition and valuation -- company is a rising star and it's worth having on your resume. A cool mission on the surface--bringing community together, helping people do what they love (making work a passion rather than a chore) through connection.

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.

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