WeWork, Bankers Have Discussed Laying Off One-Third of Workforce

Re:WeWork, Bankers Have Discussed Laying Off One-Third of Wo... by tombert on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:24PM (#21062490)

Heh, I got a recruiter from WeWork bothering me this morning about to see if I was interested in "confidentially exploring this opportunity". I was debating looking into it, but with all the crap coming out with WeWork, I think I'll pass.

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Re:WeWork, Bankers Have Discussed Laying Off One-Third of Wo... by outside1234 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:26PM (#21062514)

at least they are offering the ability to confidentially explore the opportunity - just think if your friends found out!

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Re:WeWork, Bankers Have Discussed Laying Off One-Third of Wo... by tombert on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:33PM (#21062594)

I genuinely have no idea what she meant; if I didn't think it would be a waste of her time I would act like I'm interested to find out.

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Re:WeWork, Bankers Have Discussed Laying Off One-Third of Wo... by quaquaqua1 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:44PM (#21062716)

She's trying to tell you she won't tell your boss that you are interested in quitting your job, I think.

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Re:WeWork, Bankers Have Discussed Laying Off One-Third of Wo... by atm0sphere on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:44PM (#21062709)

i think it's just a fishing expedition to keep the pipeline full.

https://careers.wework.com/

wonder if anyone has any historical data on the number of job openings?

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Re:WeWork, Bankers Have Discussed Laying Off One-Third of Wo... by spookthesunset on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @02:13PM (#21063050)

Make sure to look over the reviews on Glassdoor or Indeed. Sure those things are full of people with axes to grind but in the case of WeWork, you'll notice a suspiciously strong trend in the reviews. Almost like the place is a shitshow internally.

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Re:WeWork, Bankers Have Discussed Laying Off One-Third of Wo... by i_am_nomad on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @02:57PM (#21063438)

I just did that on your recommendation, and wow, you were not joking. The term "Kool-Aid" was used in half the reviews I read, and in the Jonestown context, not the crappy flavored beverage context.

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Re:WeWork, Bankers Have Discussed Laying Off One-Third of Wo... by samdjohnson on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:42PM (#21062689)

sounds like it would be replacing an existing employee. was it for the CEO role? =)

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Re:WeWork, Bankers Have Discussed Laying Off One-Third of Wo... by tombert on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:48PM (#21062758)

Ha! They could start a betting pool to see if I'm even worse...I'm definitely not much of a leader.

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