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If you're still experimenting in a local market, or just don't need that many staff - then going with a provider that provides a known set of features in random
by paranoidrobot 8y ago
If you're still experimenting in a local market, or just don't need that many staff - then going with a provider that provides a known set of features in random countries could be a lot more favourable than trying to find decent local coworking spaces or short-term rentals in each country.
Having been exposed to some of the inane bullshit that you get from coworking spaces in some countries, having a known-good factor could be very valuable.
We've had police turn up to the coworking space in one country and inform us that it was an unlawful occupancy. The police gave us until the end of the day to get all our stuff out. This was while we had important partners/clients in for meetings. Moving our 20-something people in that office out within a few hours was a nightmare, and basically killed a week in productivity, not to mention lost business opportunities/etc.
One coworking space had hundreds of people, but only a 100MBit residential internet service hooked up to a bunch of home-grade wifi access points, and eeeeeveryone was running torrents, and the coworking space didn't care to police their network at all (not that they could, they didn't have any IT staff).
We have people in a WeWork space in one country, and while it might not be fantastic, there's slightly less bullshit there than in other locations.