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cause of final death: killed "from Covid", not "with Covid".

I just want back the economy that could keep WeWork afloat.

That would include low interest rates that made funding WeWork plausible/possible. That's probably not coming back for a while.

Wework started spiralling in 2019, it was never going to stay afloat.

You want mandatory return to office? Really?

I think it's likely they were literally referring to the economy rather than return to office, considering WeWork stands only to lose when employees work from their employer's office

yes, I was, motivated by my extensive studies in the dismal science and finance, and my stock portfolio :)

The commercial real estate portion of my portfolio agrees with you.

The person that loves not having to go to an office does not ;)

In their 2019 S-1, WeWork stated 40% of their memberships were from companies with over 500 employees. For many companies, moving to remote did mean terminating WeWork memberships.

This is why I commented the way I did but I guess your parent found it down-vote-worthy.

One of my recent companies was one of those. A bit smaller but their entire office footprint was at WeWork offices in various places. Zero remote before Covid. Had to be in a WeWork office where they had a presence. Not even just "a" WeWork.

> I guess your parent found it down-vote-worthy.

I didn't downvote you. I don't even have the ability to downvote on HN yet. I just interpreted the parent comment differently and thought the different perspective could help provide context. Especially since I was similarly surprised at the idea that someone would prefer mandatory return to office

Interesting! Thanks for educating me. I always assumed significantly more of their business was remote folks that didn't want to work from their actual home.

>You want mandatory return to office? Really?

I have absolutely no reason to leave my house, and my intellectual tendencies keep me occupied without any other people around. Personally? I would welcome a staffed office to go to. I go to coffeeshops (with the other regulars) and it's nice but it's not the same

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