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Networks at WeWork

WeWork, a startup located in New York City, is changing the way people go to work. Their headquarters contains smart furniture that adjusts to your height or comfort level and with just a swipe on a screen anyone at the company can look up “when the air filters were last cleaned in WeWork’s Mexico City offices” or “how many conference rooms are currently occupied in Charlotte, North Carolina.” Obviously, there are very strong edges between the headquarters and offices not only in the United States but also around the world. WeWork also has offices in 16 other countries and a subdivision called WeLive in New York and Washington, D.C., apartment buildings built for the millennial generation. The company is valued at about $20 billion and is at the same level as Airbnb and Uber. WeWork’s mission is to acquire office space and knowledge about the people who will use it in order to build up an office that will be used most efficiently at a low cost. This notion means that the company want to create positive edges between themselves and their clients. The company has studied “data about how people work, where they are most productive, what they need to feel good, and how much space they really require” in order to put themselves on top of the productivity game.

Although many people have never heard of WeWork before, companies such have Microsoft and IBM have hired them to create more office spaces for employees and have even gone on to manage one of IBM’s buildings in New York. WeWork has used its knowledge of people and space to create an algorithm for the best use of space, especially when it comes to cutting down on wasted or unproductive square footage. In the future, they hope to use technology to their advantage to create smaller offices that have the same energy as a large workspace.

I think this start up is a great idea because so much emphasis these days are put onto where you work and what type of environment you work in. These days, efficiency and productivity are the most important values in our society, so why shouldn’t our offices be as efficient and productive as we are? In terms of company culture, it sounds like each person seems to have a relatively strong positive edge with the others in the company. The article describes how friendly coworkers are to one another and how when you sit on a kitchen stool in the office it’s a signal that you’re open to talk to people and if you mention you like a certain type of whiskey to a coworker you may end up finding it on your desk on your birthday. It’s not surprising that in a smaller space people would have strong ties to each other, but the atmosphere seems very friendly and positive that the company may be completely structurally balanced. The future of going to work may seem better than it used to be thanks to WeWork.

https://www.wired.com/story/this-is-why-wework-thinks-its-worth-20-billion/

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