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less noise, in terms of sound and visually (you see everybody passing by through the glass and have to force yourself not to look at them. For a while we had some posters up, but we had to remove them since wework’s company policy doesn’t like that)

This has been by number one issue with WeWork and I've always been surprised that more devs who work at WeWork aren't bothered by this.

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That's what the free beer is for - to anesthetize yourself from the negative working conditions, at the end of the day.

Addendum: WeWork's general office conditions and amenities do compare favorably to those of early-stage companies (not to mention most random BigCorps), overall. (Again, it's the average of the great unwashed mass of companies I'm talking about, here -- not the Big 4, and certainly not whatever hot startup you've worked for recently where everything was way nicer, and the people way cooler than anywhere else).

But at the same time - if anyone's giving you free beer (as opposed to some other non-mind-altering amenity), there's always a reason for it.

I have been to one in Sydney and one on London. I gotta tellya, Sydney was unworkable (too many people talking and wanting to talk to you) but London was a dream. The English don't chat, and there is zero eye contact.

From this, I theorise that it only really works in countries that are not outgoing.

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