I stopped working at WeWork last week.
WeWork is a co-working space that originated in New York.
The reason why I quit is
The usage fee is very high
Even though they are paying a high fee, the staff is not flexible and unkind
It is very troublesome to go in and out of visitors
Because of the high fee, the start-up company does not enter so much
The usage fee is very high
First of all, the usage fee is very high,
It's partly because you used an office in Shibuya, but renting a small room can take hundreds of thousands of yen a month.
Moreover, the room is the size that one person can finally enter, and the business talk can not be done calmly by this.
In addition, the co-working space is filled with people soon.
The difficulty is that you can't secure a place unless you go early in the morning because there is clearly less space than the number of users.
Even though they are paying a high fee, the staff is not flexible and unkind
Even though the usage fee is high anyway
The staff who is in the middle is very casual, casual if it says well, and it is a suitable part-time job if it says badly.
I have seen some casual clerks abroad before.
But they're so friendly and they always keep smiling.
WeWork in Japan is a little different, very strict about the rules,
Even if we hold an event in a communal space, we have to finish it by eight o'clock.
If you're a little late, don't ask questions and answers.
Hey, we have customers anyway.
Moreover, it is not friendly like overseas, and there is a wall somewhere.
I want you to hire people who are worth the usage fee.
It is very troublesome to go in and out of visitors
I used to use WeWork in Shibuya.
The elevator on the first floor is not available.
You have to go all the way to the elevator on the second floor by stairs.
So even if a visitor comes, you have to get down to the bottom and go to open the gate.
It seems to correspond to the reception desk on the first floor,
The procedure is very troublesome.
Moreover, if you call the same person many times,
There is a suspicion that it violates the rules.
Because of the high fee, the start-up company does not enter so much
WeWork in Shibuya is expensive anyway, in other words
Poor companies mean they can't enter.
In other words, the co-working space with the concept that even companies with little funds can enter the market.
that high-funded companies enter their own financial strength or to get a bit of a trend
It is a very strange structure.
People come to the co-working space in search of communication and their passion.
However, I'm just working by inertia when I'm in Shibuya.
I realized that it was a group of cool people.
I decided to quit WeWork this time.
There must still be a lot of nice but unused cafes and places in Japan.
I want you to use it for the driving force of Japan's economy by all means.
