WeWork reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,481 total reviews)
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John Santora

68% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

WeWork has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,481 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WeWork employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.8 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jul 3, 2017

Over valued. Weak Leadership.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Lot of energy and cool offices. Lot of free swag. Summer camp.

Cons

Company is over valued and over hyped. Nepotism and toxic behavior is extremely common and in all levels. Weak leadership in digital , these guys can't even mentor junior people and ends up looking like a popularity contest. Poor digital infrastructure impacts everything else and frustrating to other groups to be able to do their job.

1.0
Mar 19, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

-When I joined a few years ago, WeWork still had that wonderful "grow, build, test" atmosphere where innovation, passion, and "make it work excitement" ruled. -There are pockets of lovely people working in NYC and SF

Cons

-Inept HR department with zero strategy, consistency, or empathy for employees (not that this is really anything new for an HR department) -Inconsistent performance improvement plans (PIPs) that are not based on performance but rather used as an excuse to fire employees who are critical anything at the company. -Brutally insensitive "walk out" layoffs and terminations. They call these "Mission Achieved 20" e.g. 20% reduction in staff. -A culture of yes people only -- if you complain or raise concerns, you will be fired or marginalized. -Chaotic, whiplash, and no vision from leadership -A COO / Head of HR with no HR experience or empathy (she admits this openly to employees) -Diversity "lip service" only, no real strategy or meaningful investment in it. Employees scream for it, leadership ignores. -A CEO who celebrates burnout culture and pushes an overtly religious cult environment. -A product (the office spaces themselves) that doesn't work well. Shoddy construction, horrible internal IT and video conference systems, lack of water for people to drink, inconsistent quality of staff. Walk into a Google, Facebook and Uber office and they're 10x better built and designed than a WeWork -- the supposed "office of the future" -Terrible comp: no bonus, no stock refreshers, comp not tied to performance. -Inexperienced managers and directors -Embarrassing internal communications -Toxic and bro culture

1.0
Sep 12, 2016

Terrible place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Team members - Offices - Free lunches

Cons

- Politics and lots of incompetence - Very long hours (12h days regularly - including EVERY monday) - Benefits - Equity grant is not what it first seems - They can and will fire people without any notice at a whim - Values look good on paper but have no bearing on real life or the culture of the company - Lots of turnover

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