How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork

Re:How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork by leesec on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @02:38PM (#21008533)

You left out:

>He previously has instructed staff to fire 20% of employees a year, bemoaning the number of “B” players hired amid rapid growth. Managers were unable to hit the target even when they included attrition.

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Re:How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork by cududa on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @02:44PM (#21008603)

Also that when the tequila was served after the people got fired, Run DMC popped out and started singing It’s Tricky

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Re:How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork by randycupertino on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:05PM (#21012535)

This company is my cash cow, Let's have some shots and hash now We Work's my pitch, make me so rich I'm Sketchy is the title, here we go I'm Sketchy to buy a place, split up the space Rent it out to tech Co.s DJs, shots, parties w/ bros

I'm Sketchy, I'm Sketchy (Sketchy) Sketchy (Sketchy) It's Sketchy to trademark "We" Sell it back to my company That's $6 mill in my bank account I'm sketchy sketchy Sketchy Sketchy

I met this little girlie, her cuz Gwyneth was kinda Goopy Put her on my board The VCs forced her out, We had to transfer my voting shares real early

These VCs are really sleazy, All they just say is please me with solid financials Or spend some time to actually make some profit, I said "It's not that easy"

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Re:How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork by cpeterso on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @03:07PM (#21008819)

I downvoted you for making a non sequitur joke... but then I actually read the article! (I've removed my downvote.)

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Re:How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork by mrosett on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @03:42PM (#21009190)

Truth that you wouldn't believe if someone made it up...

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Re:How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork by jonknee on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @03:22PM (#21008974)

That was in the second to last quote I had, but really the whole thing was quotable, what a mess of a company.

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Re:How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork by rkho on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @03:48PM (#21009269)

I'm absolutely baffled how the ghost of Jack Welch's stack ranking and forced distribution is still a thing in this day and age

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Re:How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork by tptacek on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @03:10PM (#21008844)

Unfortunately, that's not actually an uncommon management practice (maybe with different numeric targets) for big companies.

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Re:How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork by eschulz on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:40PM (#21009917)

Maybe be saw this interview and thought himself the next Steve Jobs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yh7ikSQwKg

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