I don’t think it was as obvious as it is now. Plus a lot of engineers work at companies which are blatant VC plays with little chance of viability, outside of acquisition. Those companies just don’t burn as hot or as fast as WeWork.
Even so, surely the revenue numbers were shared internally at some point. After which, anyone who could would have run for the hills.
Unless you're stuck in a job where you're below market in exchange for equity, as long as the checks keep clearing, you're not really incentivized to run for the hills. Keep your resume fresh, sure. Though we can make presumptions about what having WW on your resume will do reputation-wise, it sounds like it was a good opportunity to also fill it with a ton of buzz words.
I guess. But I bet the work environment was terrible. Why waste time? Life is too short, pull the trigger and leave. If you can.