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I'm currently faced with this. We have a bootstrapped company with offices in SF and Southern California. Office space in SoCal is easy and cheap, but trying to

by sinak 10y ago

I'm currently faced with this. We have a bootstrapped company with offices in SF and Southern California. Office space in SoCal is easy and cheap, but trying to find just 3 desks for our new SF office has been a nightmare. Places like WeWork are asking $2500 for a tiny office with 4 desks. (Obvious plug: If you happen to have a few desks or a small office spare, please email me.)

x0x0 10y ago
wework is shit, btw I work in one of their offices and it's horrid. One of two elevators in a 15 floor building was left broken for 6 weeks at the end of last year. The second elevator still breaks for a couple days every month. I hope you enjoy a 15 minute wait to get in or out of the building. Alex is the smarmy liar who runs it, and all he can say is, "So sorry! Not my problem!" while declining to have WeWork give a damn about the building's terrible maintenance. These morons can't get the lock on the floor to work reliably; you badge in, the reader turns green, and the door lock doesn't unlock. This has been going on for probably 5 months. We now just leave the door to the whole floor unlocked all day, which is awesome, since there's street trash all over and eventually we're going to have stuff stolen. They can't make the A/C work; I hope you like wearing blankets at work in the winter and working in 75+ degree weather in the summer. These idiots built a bathroom with no exhaust fan. Since our floor is full of men, imagine how it smells by the end of the day. I'm surprised there's still paint on the walls. The only thing WeWork is competent at is cashing your rent checks. Oh, and the offices themselves are ludicrously loud. They are giant square boxes with no sound insulation, so enjoy a total lack of productivity the second your officemates, or people in offices near you, start talking. ps -- those phone booths they talk about? Busy most of the day. Avoid them at all costs.
- untilHellbanned 10y ago
  Agree that WeWork is overpriced junk. 2 bathrooms on each floor for like 200 people. Should be so easy to beat these bozos as all they are really selling is image.

by sinak 10y ago

x0x0 10y ago

wework is shit, btw I work in one of their offices and it's horrid. One of two elevators in a 15 floor building was left broken for 6 weeks at the end of last year. The second elevator still breaks for a couple days every month. I hope you enjoy a 15 minute wait to get in or out of the building. Alex is the smarmy liar who runs it, and all he can say is, "So sorry! Not my problem!" while declining to have WeWork give a damn about the building's terrible maintenance. These morons can't get the lock on the floor to work reliably; you badge in, the reader turns green, and the door lock doesn't unlock. This has been going on for probably 5 months. We now just leave the door to the whole floor unlocked all day, which is awesome, since there's street trash all over and eventually we're going to have stuff stolen. They can't make the A/C work; I hope you like wearing blankets at work in the winter and working in 75+ degree weather in the summer. These idiots built a bathroom with no exhaust fan. Since our floor is full of men, imagine how it smells by the end of the day. I'm surprised there's still paint on the walls. The only thing WeWork is competent at is cashing your rent checks. Oh, and the offices themselves are ludicrously loud. They are giant square boxes with no sound insulation, so enjoy a total lack of productivity the second your officemates, or people in offices near you, start talking. ps -- those phone booths they talk about? Busy most of the day. Avoid them at all costs.

untilHellbanned 10y ago
Agree that WeWork is overpriced junk. 2 bathrooms on each floor for like 200 people. Should be so easy to beat these bozos as all they are really selling is image.