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Re:WeWork Gets Tax Rebate Meant for Its Small-Business Tenants by munk-a on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:37PM (#20814642)
Not only did it revolutionize the commercial property business - it also then proceeded to disrupt that revolution with a counter-revolution.

(And no, it absolutely hasn't revolutionized anything, but when you're a tech company everyone feels obligated to give you more credit for some reason)

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Re:WeWork Gets Tax Rebate Meant for Its Small-Business Tenants by correlator on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:41PM (#20814685)
Are they a tech company? Not really sure what the distinction is to get that title, but it's not the first thing that comes to mind when I think about wework ... P@ssw0rd
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Re:WeWork Gets Tax Rebate Meant for Its Small-Business Tenants by Alupis on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @07:03PM (#20815303)
> Not only did it revolutionize the commercial property business

Did it though?

WeWork still isn't in any of the cities near me, and there's been plenty of co-working, "rent-a-desk/cube/table/office", shared workspace places around for a long while.

WeWork's pricing is ludicrous to boot.

The main difference I can see is WeWork has gotten VC money to grow larger than just a single building - which is how most of the other co-working places operate.

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Re:WeWork Gets Tax Rebate Meant for Its Small-Business Tenants by adonnjohn on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:39PM (#20814664)
Except they're not really a tech company.
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Re:WeWork Gets Tax Rebate Meant for Its Small-Business Tenants by barbecue_sauce on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:45PM (#20814731)
Tech adjacent maybe?
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Re:WeWork Gets Tax Rebate Meant for Its Small-Business Tenants by adonnjohn on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:48PM (#20814758)
Who isn't nowadays?
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Re:WeWork Gets Tax Rebate Meant for Its Small-Business Tenants by apexalpha on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @02:27AM (#20817371)
In what way?
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Re:WeWork Gets Tax Rebate Meant for Its Small-Business Tenants by barbecue_sauce on Thursday August 29, 2019 @02:33PM (#20832320)
A lot of remote work is tech work, and that is who I would assume is WeWork's primary customer.
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