WeWork isn’t a tech company; it’s a soap opera

Post by freehunter » Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 7:19 PM UTC

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I think it would be amazing to see a co-working brand have locations absolutely everywhere, like 24 hour gyms. One price gets you into any of them and they're all the same. It would help with customer retention because they've already paid $300/mo to get in, so if they move or travel they're not paying someone else. They're sticking with you. I'm surprised WeWork locations are so few and far between, while Snap Fitne…

Everyone needs to exercise. WeWork appeals to a tiny fraction of the workforce.

Post by big_chungus » Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 7:27 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #115

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It seems like their isn't much benefit to brand loyalty here - I would imagine it is easy to simply do a google search for a short term work place in a new city if you need a change of scenery from the coffee shop!

I think it would be amazing to see a co-working brand have locations absolutely everywhere, like 24 hour gyms. One price gets you into any of them and they're all the same. It would help with customer retention because they've already paid $300/mo to get in, so if they move or travel they're not paying someone else. They're sticking with you. I'm surprised WeWork locations are so few and far between, while Snap Fitne…

Post by SamWhited » Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 7:29 PM UTC

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As far as I can tell the only benefit they provide over other smaller coworking spaces (most of which are a lot better) is that there are a lot of them. You can get a mebership at a WeWork in Austin, then pop into the one in Tokyo to get some work done while you're visiting. That being said, that's probably not worth the expense, terrible technology, or loudness of weworks for most people.

There are a lot of companies that have small remote Wework offices for sales/support/short term projects. For larger companies that have a bunch of these, Wework has the advantage of being simple and standardized and available in most cities.

Post by ghaff » Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 7:36 PM UTC

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So now there’s significant complexity to getting on the network. Seems like a poor choice for a co-working space. And, as I say, plenty of large companies with competent IT departments don’t seem to think that’s necessarily. And how about when you’re having a meeting with outside people who need to get onto a network?

Most universities and schools have a similar setup. No idea how WeWork works but I assume you have some sort of user account already (how do you pay them otherwise?) that you can use to authenticate yourself. Then your AP just needs to talk to a auth gateway (usually RADIUS) which then talks to your actual auth backend (LDAP, AD, or whatever online login form they use). For guests you either generate guest account or…

Post by checktheorder » Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 7:45 PM UTC

stephc_int13 wrote: post #138

Why does all this WeWork thing smells like a Ponzi scheme or something?