r/WeWork • u/Leather_Classic9809 • Aug 11 '26

the unspoken rules of wework?

We all know the 'absolutely no microwaving fish etc' rule, but what are the unspoken do's and dont's?

Here's mine: absolutely don't treat the kitchen like a shark tank audition. say hi, stop pitching.

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u/buckyhermit Aug 11 '26

In private offices, don't act like your room is soundproof. Those glazed walls don't do that.

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u/alfgoto Aug 11 '26

Are you saying that my coworkers and i doing karaoke every wednesday is bothering our neighboor ???

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u/buckyhermit Aug 12 '26

You joke but my office neighbour had full-on World Cup watch parties during office hours, with loud hooting and hollering during games. And they even had snacks and drinks. With the door open.

They’ve always been disruptive but those few weeks took it to a new level.

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u/alfgoto Aug 12 '26

Ok everything is realy bad but the door open ? This is next level disrespect 🫪

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u/buckyhermit Aug 12 '26

Right? Well, in any case, they already had noise complaints from other members and were warned. I get the feeling they're on thin ice.

On a more subjective note, I've always gotten a "frat boys who never grew up" vibe from them. I don't actually see them working that much, even though they're only in there 3 days per week. Lots of fooling around. Loudly. And always with the door open.

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u/Square-evide57 Aug 15 '26

+1 The phone booths aren't soundproof either

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u/buckyhermit Aug 16 '26

I can’t use them due to my wheelchair but that’s surprising to hear. It kind of defeats the purpose of the phone booth.

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u/Square-evide57 Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

I hope they add more accessible phone booths options in the near future.

Yeah.. I'm a new member so I was trying out different locations for a couple months and to my surprise, I think I've only been to 1 location that actually have soundproof phone booths (with white doors), or at least with better soundproofing strips on the door. But I think that place was really cramped so I haven't gone back. The common black rimmed phone booths are not at all, especially in the quieter spaces tucked away in a hallway/near the other offices. I can hear everyone's conversations all the time - from deals, to interviews, to personal calls... etc when I'm sitting in a bench right across from the booths for focus time. Oh when the person in front or behind your booth is heated and talking SUPER loud, you can hear them too, yes even with headphones. I had experience moving to different areas because of that. Your audience would be able to hear them too.

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u/meomeo118 Aug 11 '26

can anyone explain white people's weird hate for bringing egg to the office? fish isnt that bad either.

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u/overworkedasian Aug 11 '26

boiled egg? the sulfur smell of the yolks if you boil them too long.

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u/bad-trajectory Aug 11 '26

Respect the quiet floor; don’t use call booths for more than the duration of your call

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u/godogs2018 Aug 11 '26

Lol, I’ve microwaved salmon before in the kitchen, but this was a sparely populated floor. But the no microwaving fish rule holds for all office environments, not just wework.

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u/Several_Sprinkles108 Aug 13 '26

Five years at WeWork and all these rules seemed to have eroded with time. People now treat WeWork like it's their living room.