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Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by iamleppert on Sunday September 22, 2019 @02:03PM (#21042831)
What kind of company that is controlled by a single man insists on branding itself as “we”?

Even the name of the company is a bold-faced lie.

Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by rightbyte on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:48PM (#21043508)
It was quite common among monarchs to use "we" instead of "I".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_we

Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by stagger87 on Sunday September 22, 2019 @02:39PM (#21043068)
Is your argument that companies that use plural pronouns in their name should have certain types of ownership structures?
Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by iamleppert on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:26PM (#21043353)
At a certain point, you need to stop listening to what people say and start looking at what they do.

In this case, there is a clear mismatch in terms of what Adam is saying and his behavior as the CEO of this company. If WeWork’s mission is really to be one of empowering people to work the way they want, its governance structure and actions by those at the top need to reflect those values.

Put simply, the CEO himself isn’t living up to the core values of the company and needs to be dismissed.

Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by cdolan on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:15PM (#21043277)
First rule of getting out of a hole is to stop digging.

Honestly how did you make this logical jump? It’s pretty obvious to me the parent post was pointing out that there is a lot of irony in a company, completely controlled by one individual (or his wife if he dies), is named “We”.

Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by wavefunction on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:33PM (#21043409)
Unless it's the "royal We" and then it's even more potential delicious irony.
Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by some1else on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:23PM (#21043329)
I think his argument was that if a company uses the name "We", it should have a certain type of ownership structure. The interpretation could probably be further extended to other names that signify plural governance. That sounds reasonable to me. I can't infer ownership implied by all plural pronouns though, so I suspect your interpretation is probably too general.
Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by quickthrower2 on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:52PM (#21043532)
The we could refer to the customers. “We Work at WeWork”. It could refer to the staff as well.
Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by benjaminbrodie2 on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:13PM (#21043259)
How should wework be pronounced? I always pronounce it like I'm stating a fact (that we do in fact work)
Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by cpeterso on Sunday September 22, 2019 @04:21PM (#21043686)
"Whey Orc"