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Comment by tombert | Hacker News Reader

Heh, I got a recruiter from WeWork bothering me this morning about to see if I was interested in "confidentially exploring this opportunity". I was debating looking into it, but with all the crap coming out with WeWork, I think I'll pass.

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at least they are offering the ability to confidentially explore the opportunity - just think if your friends found out!

I genuinely have no idea what she meant; if I didn't think it would be a waste of her time I would act like I'm interested to find out.

i think it's just a fishing expedition to keep the pipeline full.

https://careers.wework.com/

wonder if anyone has any historical data on the number of job openings?

She's trying to tell you she won't tell your boss that you are interested in quitting your job, I think.

Make sure to look over the reviews on Glassdoor or Indeed. Sure those things are full of people with axes to grind but in the case of WeWork, you'll notice a suspiciously strong trend in the reviews. Almost like the place is a shitshow internally.

I just did that on your recommendation, and wow, you were not joking. The term "Kool-Aid" was used in half the reviews I read, and in the Jonestown context, not the crappy flavored beverage context.

sounds like it would be replacing an existing employee. was it for the CEO role? =)

Ha! They could start a betting pool to see if I'm even worse...I'm definitely not much of a leader.

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