The cult of WeWork
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The cult of WeWork
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Re: The cult of WeWork
#2I know a few people at the NYC office and have observed some of this, but I'm not sure if that muchworse than other "startups". My own (far smaller, about $500m / 400 people) employer certainly has a bit of groupthink itself.
If the one correcting comment on the article
> Pescatarian not Vegan. Wework still have dairy, eggs and fish allowed at their events.
is true, I'm not sure how much i can trust the rest of it.
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#3Oh my, are these people going to have a "Well, that was embarrassing" moment later.
Then:
A big part of being a woman is to help men [like Adam] manifest their calling in life.”
Aaaaaaaand nope.
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#4I'm not surprised the property industry dislikes WeWork, WeWork's success is a reflection of how poorly that industry serves it's customers.
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#5Sounds like just a sampling bias. The kind of people with the time and desire to go to this festival are probably the kind of people to "drink the kool aid". They are also smart enough to know not to trash their company while being interviewed by a stranger.
If I was at a company sponsored event I would of course praise our glorious corporation to some stranger, but its not like I actually believe the hype, I just like getting paid.
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#6The Gwyneth Paltrow of coworking.
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#7Oh my, are these people going to have a "Well, that was embarrassing" moment later. Then: A big part of being a woman is to help men [like Adam] manifest their calling in life.” Aaaaaaaand nope.
Yeah, that was a real “yikes” moment for me too.
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#8Oh my, are these people going to have a "Well, that was embarrassing" moment later. Then: A big part of being a woman is to help men [like Adam] manifest their calling in life.” Aaaaaaaand nope.
Reminds me of a quote from The Bell Jar which will probably make you just as uncomfortable as Esther.
> "What a man is is an arrow into the future and what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off from."
There's no shame in wanting to play a support class but don't pressure others into it.
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#9I'm not surprised the property industry dislikes WeWork, WeWork's success is a reflection of how poorly that industry serves it's customers.
I think there is more than a grain of truth to this.
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#10Am I extremely out of the loop by just thinking that it's a hot desk company that rolls up all the expenses of the office adds 10%-25%, throws in some booze and lunches and says it's changing the world?