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Hm, I worked in a company that had hired ~140 desks in WeWork (Aldgate London). If all the floors in the world have a few large-companies provisioned and filled like that - I could. be convinced the valuation is plausible.

When you are a large company in WeWork, you set the culture (e.g. noise) and you have personal relationships with the WeWork staff - which makes things run smoother.

From reading the comments it seems many people have had lack-luster experiences. Especially those who hired a single desk and have been forced to interact with the community. And imho the community is pretty unique:

I remember knocking off work at 7pm, and hearing there was free beers. I wandered over in a work-daze. As I approached the door, it opened and out poured hi-energy EDM, accompanied by a large group of happy, shout-chatting drunks. I slid around them and entered what was more "club at 1am" - rather than "knock-off drinks". I mean there was flashing lights, a DJ, and a decent sound system. What I was most amazed by was passing multiple people who seemed to be rolling hard. It was definitely impressive, but after coding for 10 hours straight it was not what I needed, so I grabbed a fist of and Heineken backed out.

The thing that always stuck with me, was the implicit agreement by all-attending, that they were all going to go _hard_ as soon as they knocked off work. I provide no judgement, just an account of something I'd never seen in inter-office culture. Note: I never personally saw that level of revelry again.



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