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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.

stagger87 7y ago
Is your argument that companies that use plural pronouns in their name should have certain types of ownership structures?
- cdolan 7y ago
  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”.
  - wavefunction 7y ago
    Unless it's the "royal We" and then it's even more potential delicious irony.
- some1else 7y ago
  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.
- iamleppert 7y ago
  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.
benjaminbrodie2 7y ago
How should wework be pronounced? I always pronounce it like I'm stating a fact (that we do in fact work)
- cpeterso 7y ago
  "Whey Orc"
rightbyte 7y ago
It was quite common among monarchs to use "we" instead of "I". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_we https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_we
quickthrower2 7y ago
The we could refer to the customers. “We Work at WeWork”. It could refer to the staff as well.

stagger87 7y ago

Is your argument that companies that use plural pronouns in their name should have certain types of ownership structures?

cdolan 7y ago
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”.
- wavefunction 7y ago
  Unless it's the "royal We" and then it's even more potential delicious irony.
some1else 7y ago
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.
iamleppert 7y ago
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.

benjaminbrodie2 7y ago

How should wework be pronounced? I always pronounce it like I'm stating a fact (that we do in fact work)

cpeterso 7y ago
"Whey Orc"

rightbyte 7y ago

It was quite common among monarchs to use "we" instead of "I". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_we https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_we

quickthrower2 7y ago

The we could refer to the customers. “We Work at WeWork”. It could refer to the staff as well.