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WeWork CEO Says Least Engaged Employees Enjoy Working from Home

17 points by awb 5y ago

maxharris 5y ago
WeWork faces bankruptcy, especially if remote work stays the default. It's hardly a surprise that anyone running a beleaguered company like that would attempt to cast doubt on remote work. I don't think it will save them. Do you?
- innagadadavida 5y ago
  Their business model has the most to lose if this trend continues. So it is understandable why the ceo would take such creative liberties to paint the picture.
  - noodle 5y ago
    Does it? It feels to me like it stands to gain a good bit. There are a lot more people remote working either part or full time, and many remote workers like to use coworking spaces. Their potential customer base is probably higher than it was pre-pandemic.
    - ivanvanderbyl 5y ago
      I believe WeWork makes most of their money colocating teams and companies, not off hot-desk remote workers.
  - pydry 5y ago
    I'm kind of surprised the company isn't insolvent already given that it was one enormous bet on the value of inner city commercial real estate.
sigmaprimus 5y ago
So the CEO of a company whos buisness model is providing office space for profit, says lesser employees enjoy working from home? TL;DR I'm low on salt atm.
daviddever23box 5y ago
As a remote individual contributor / manager / VP, I can assure you that this claim is both meritless and desperate.
tmpz22 5y ago
What happened to the last WeWork CEO?
j4yav 5y ago
WeWork CEO wishes it was true.
wly_cdgr 5y ago
This is bullshit regardless, but especially funny coming from a remote coworking space company
whateveracct 5y ago
Imma make my big money for years without being engaged for shit, much to the big bad "important" CEOs' chagrin. All in my underwear.
refurb 5y ago
Sure the CEO has a vested interest in this being true. But didn’t Yahoo eliminate remote work when they checked the VPN logs and a huge percent of remote workers hadn’t logged in weeks?
- Nextgrid 5y ago
  If work somehow kept being done without anyone logging in, why is that a problem? This is an argument against hiring too many people, not against remote working.
tibbydudeza 5y ago
I meant least engaged with management ... we really need to look at how companies are run in the new WFH era and why there is still a middle management layer.
zaptheimpaler 5y ago
Office space seller says offices are important. More news at 10.
sciprojguy 5y ago
I can see management thinking that this is true for people working "bullshit jobs" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs).
magicroot75 5y ago
Short WeWork?
mensetmanusman 5y ago
If we went permanent work from home, I wouldn’t mind knowing I have access to nice working spaces available in every major city in the world. Is there any clarity on how the global tax structure is aligned with this working model? E.g. I could imagine a nomad development team that wants its members in every time zone so you get 24/7 improvement/support.

17 points by awb 5y ago

WeWork faces bankruptcy, especially if remote work stays the default. It's hardly a surprise that anyone running a beleaguered company like that would attempt to cast doubt on remote work. I don't think it will save them. Do you?

innagadadavida 5y ago
Their business model has the most to lose if this trend continues. So it is understandable why the ceo would take such creative liberties to paint the picture.
- noodle 5y ago
  Does it? It feels to me like it stands to gain a good bit. There are a lot more people remote working either part or full time, and many remote workers like to use coworking spaces. Their potential customer base is probably higher than it was pre-pandemic.
  - ivanvanderbyl 5y ago
    I believe WeWork makes most of their money colocating teams and companies, not off hot-desk remote workers.
- pydry 5y ago
  I'm kind of surprised the company isn't insolvent already given that it was one enormous bet on the value of inner city commercial real estate.

sigmaprimus 5y ago

So the CEO of a company whos buisness model is providing office space for profit, says lesser employees enjoy working from home? TL;DR I'm low on salt atm.

daviddever23box 5y ago

As a remote individual contributor / manager / VP, I can assure you that this claim is both meritless and desperate.

tmpz22 5y ago

What happened to the last WeWork CEO?

j4yav 5y ago

WeWork CEO wishes it was true.

wly_cdgr 5y ago

This is bullshit regardless, but especially funny coming from a remote coworking space company

whateveracct 5y ago

Imma make my big money for years without being engaged for shit, much to the big bad "important" CEOs' chagrin. All in my underwear.

refurb 5y ago

Sure the CEO has a vested interest in this being true. But didn’t Yahoo eliminate remote work when they checked the VPN logs and a huge percent of remote workers hadn’t logged in weeks?

Nextgrid 5y ago
If work somehow kept being done without anyone logging in, why is that a problem? This is an argument against hiring too many people, not against remote working.

tibbydudeza 5y ago

I meant least engaged with management ... we really need to look at how companies are run in the new WFH era and why there is still a middle management layer.

zaptheimpaler 5y ago

Office space seller says offices are important. More news at 10.

sciprojguy 5y ago

I can see management thinking that this is true for people working "bullshit jobs" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs).

magicroot75 5y ago

Short WeWork?

mensetmanusman 5y ago

If we went permanent work from home, I wouldn’t mind knowing I have access to nice working spaces available in every major city in the world. Is there any clarity on how the global tax structure is aligned with this working model? E.g. I could imagine a nomad development team that wants its members in every time zone so you get 24/7 improvement/support.