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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by x0x0 on Thursday December 28, 2017 @01:58AM (#16020763)
WeWork is actually perfect for startups; they sell no commitment pay by the month office space that comes with desks and internet. They're cheaper than most sf office space and an order of magnitude easier to rent.

The sole drawback is they're an unmaintained dump and working in one is an utterly miserable experience. I had the very very unfortunate experience of working at 995 Market and these worthless idiots couldn't even get their elevators to regularly work, and just plain didn't give a damn. Who doesn't enjoy a nice 15 minute break while you wait for an elevator (both ways)? The offices are tiny and LOUD. Some other idiot decided to make the floors hardwood; a single person in heels walking down the long shared corridors goes CLACK CLACK CLACK. The walls are transparent glass so you are distracted by every bit of movement. There's no sound insulation so you get to listen to the office 3 doors down discuss their thanksgiving plans. I really can't say enough bad things about it.

But hey, there's lemon water in the kitchen! (In a leaky carafe that makes a puddle on the counter every day. Naturally.)

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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by hkmurakami on Thursday December 28, 2017 @02:16AM (#16020804)
I also get the impression that they're lifted by these small teams in transition periods. No one plans to stay in wework for long if they can help it.

There's a reason why landlords like long term leases and I can't imagine wework is immune to the pressures of a down market.

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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by x0x0 on Thursday December 28, 2017 @02:32AM (#16020852)
Wework is definitely eating a bunch of risk. I imagine we'll get to see how good they are at modeling it soon enough...
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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by alphadevx on Thursday December 28, 2017 @04:51AM (#16021182)
I have similar negative experience as a tenant of a WeWork rival, overall I think the shared office space fad is a big step in the wrong direction: http://www.alphadevx.com/a/512-Hell-is-a-stylish-shared-offi...
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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by akanet on Thursday December 28, 2017 @08:51AM (#16021956)
To offer a counterpoint to this post, I am also a renter of WeWork's at 995 Market. We around 2k/mo for a four-person office and I'm fairly satisfied with this arrangement. The facilities were much worse when the building first opened, but now most of the HVAC and elevator issues seem to have been sorted. I work on the busiest floor (the 2nd) and don't have an issue with noise. Hell, the place is almost never actually at full capacity.
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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by x0x0 on Friday December 29, 2017 @02:58PM (#16031590)
We were on floor 3, and the long L shaped hall to get to the restrooms had a decent amount of traffic.

Our company eventually left, in part because we employees made it clear we were very unhappy inside wework.

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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by 1k on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:40AM (#16021345)
This is very insightful. I’ve never been into a coworking space myself, but don’t these problems apply to all coworkign spaces? Or are they somehow better designed?
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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by NetOpWibby on Thursday December 28, 2017 @02:32AM (#16020854)
Hold up, so their elevators are shit EVERYWHERE?! Good grief! I think WW has its uses but I definitely don’t miss the obnoxiously loud millennials from Invision’s office (Boston).
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