My only encouter with WeWork was short and swift, back in 2012(ish). I visited there (then) first Soho space in London. Whilst being shown around by some twit, he started spouting-off their cost options I stopped him and asked, ‘Sorry, you charge £450 for ‘communal seating’, those seats over there, the plastic ones? Starbucks is more comfortable and free!’. He replied, ‘Yeah, but Starbucks doesn’t have networking events!’. I replied ‘I don’t want ‘networking’ events at Starbucks, I want coffee and somewhere to sit if I choose. Much the same as I’d want a place to sit and work from a place called WeWork, and for £450 a month I’d expect a modicum of comfort, not plastic chairs you’d expect to find in a 1970’s, British secondary school.’ I walked out. Total bullshit, utter rip-off. This article exposes some astonishing detail. Where has that $14bn gone?! How can they possibly get away with calling it a ‘technology’ company?