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It's a shame WeWork is run by such scummy characters, the concept itself has the potential to make people's commutes much more flexible and shorter. When on-bo
by KoftaBob 7y ago
It's a shame WeWork is run by such scummy characters, the concept itself has the potential to make people's commutes much more flexible and shorter.
When on-boarding a new employee, companies would be able to automatically provision them a desk/office at the closest WeWork to them. This allows companies to have access to a much bigger pool of talent, and allows employees to have access to a bigger pool of companies.
On top of that, the flexibility means commutes are much shorter, as co-working spaces can be efficiently distributed across a city and its suburbs. Even when an employee moves to a new company, they could theoretically stay at the same WeWork site, rather than have to deal with a new commute.
- wayoutthere 7y agoWhy even provide office space to folks? Just let them work from home and you save a lot! I always felt this was the fatal flaw in WeWork’s model. Once telecommuter culture has been established, companies realize they can just make their employees pay for their office space and deduct it. For most things where you benefit from “going in to the office”, the benefit is reliant on having a set of people in the same place. If everyone is all over the country, what is the point of office space in the first place?