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Self replying because the edit window has closed. Fair points, all, thank you for making them. I guess from what I had read about the costs of wework offices,
by blhack 7y ago
Self replying because the edit window has closed. Fair points, all, thank you for making them. I guess from what I had read about the costs of wework offices, it would be in the same realm as everybody renting themselves lamborghinis every weekend to build company morale, or something like that.
It just seems like an outrageous luxury, with questionable utility (some luxuries, for instance a pleasant office, nice equipment, etc. are obviously really important)
- speedplane 7y agoBoring uninspired office space costs roughly $200/month/person in non-prime major metro areas, plus you need to manage the space itself. “Luxurious” WeWork spaces cost roughly $450/mo/person in major metro areas, and require almost no admin work. The extra $3k/year/person is not nothing, and certainly some companies won’t pay that, but in many cases it can be reasonably justified if it helps you attract better talent and reduces time devoted to office space admin work.
- blhack 7y agoWework phoenix is $700/person/month. A 5 person team in a tiny shared office is $3000/mo. Some of my friends rent nice offices in boring industrial parks for less than that, and have 6 private individual offices, 2 bathrooms, plus a conference room, a kitchen, and a large meeting area that would normally have cubicles or whatever in it (it's got a couple of rows of desks/monitors), and a storage room.