WeWTF, Part Deux

#1

Post by pierre_vannier » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 6:08 AM UTC

Re: WeWTF, Part Deux

#2

Post by AJ007 » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 1:16 PM UTC

The biggest non-financial red flag for me was the glass office walls. None of WeWork’s non-corporate customers are doing anything remotely sensitive or important. During a downturn, these people will decide to go back to free Starbucks to hang out.

Re: WeWTF, Part Deux

#3

Post by rzzzt » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 1:29 PM UTC

The company name should be highlighted in the text somehow; in its current form, it sounds like an eloquent Gollum's internal monologue in my head. I found myself having to re-read quite a few sentences.

"We has gone from unicorn to distressed asset"

Re: WeWTF, Part Deux

#4

Post by grenoire » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 1:36 PM UTC

rzzzt wrote: post #3

The company name should be highlighted in the text somehow; in its current form, it sounds like an eloquent Gollum's internal monologue in my head. I found myself having to re-read quite a few sentences. "We has gone from unicorn to distressed asset"

WE instead of We would help a great deal. Had the same issues the last four articles I read.

Re: WeWTF, Part Deux

#5

Post by bastawhiz » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 1:39 PM UTC

AJ007 wrote: post #2

The biggest non-financial red flag for me was the glass office walls. None of WeWork’s non-corporate customers are doing anything remotely sensitive or important. During a downturn, these people will decide to go back to free Starbucks to hang out.

In fairness, you can have the glass frosted

Re: WeWTF, Part Deux

#6

Post by Sendotsh » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 1:41 PM UTC

rzzzt wrote: post #3

The company name should be highlighted in the text somehow; in its current form, it sounds like an eloquent Gollum's internal monologue in my head. I found myself having to re-read quite a few sentences. "We has gone from unicorn to distressed asset"

I like how some websites format company and person names in a very specific way. Either like [We] or having them bold or in a different colour. Especially in this era of “name your company after a really common daily-use word for maximum confusion and ungoogleability!”.

Re: WeWTF, Part Deux

#7

Post by sword_smith » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 1:45 PM UTC

> So, the mother of all party crashers took a dump in the We IPO punch bowl. The crasher? Math.

I laughed out loud when I read this.

Re: WeWTF, Part Deux

#8

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 1:53 PM UTC

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Re: WeWTF, Part Deux

#9

Post by lordnacho » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 1:54 PM UTC

Is We a big enough part of vision fund to take it down in some way? Even just as an embarrassing loss? His other two predictions sound plausible.

Re: WeWTF, Part Deux

#10

Post by blantonl » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 2:03 PM UTC

rzzzt wrote: post #3

The company name should be highlighted in the text somehow; in its current form, it sounds like an eloquent Gollum's internal monologue in my head. I found myself having to re-read quite a few sentences. "We has gone from unicorn to distressed asset"

WeWTF worked pretty well in part one :)