Disappointing - Anonymous employee PTTOW! Employee Review

2.0
12 Mar 2018
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

WeWork is awesome. This could be a cool place to work for someone right out of college who wants to get their hands dirty and be given a lot of responsibility. Lax morning arrival time.

Cons

My first paycheck came 19 days late. Polite questions about when I would get paid were met with an impatient attitude and excuses, one of which was, and I am not making this up, “our accountant is on vacation.” No one ever apologized or claimed accountability, but rather just passed the buck when it was pretty clear who had made the mistake. The company wouldn’t give me a WeWork key (costs them money) and instead kept me as a free “guest visitor,” so I would get locked out of the office every time I went to get water or coffee or left the building. This became awkward with the WeWork staff as it was pretty obvious PTTOW was abusing their guest policy. I was also asked to try to avoid using PTTOW’s daily parking passes by scooting past the parking attendant without paying. Too much perma-freelancing going on here. Contractors (designers, video editors) work full time for months or even years paying employer tax on PTTOW’s behalf, and of course do not receive benefits. They don’t have a server. Even after 9 years in business. Files are unorganized and scattered between a maxed out dropbox, G suite, and four hard drives that float around the office. Contractors are poorly managed—I was often sitting on the clock with nothing to do (even though I brought this to the attention of leadership) or wasting time trying to track down a file in the aforementioned file mess, only to be asked to stay late at the end of the day without being paid overtime. The company is essentially an institution for social climbing with nebulous goals of “changing the world.” This may not be a con for everyone, but I thought it was weird and disingenuous.

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5.0
21 Mar 2016
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is great and the people are excited to work there.

Cons

They don't always follow up on closing a contract. Leaving the employee unsure if there is additional work to come.

2.0
24 Sept 2019
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great opportunity to edit for C level executives looks great for your reel, Great if you’re straight out of college. They don’t micromanage. So you need to take initiative and make your own decisions. We work is cool.

Cons

Management has a huge lack of communication and very unclear it’s probably cus they are always busy and probably need to get organized or hire a personal assistant. Even when you email for safety they tend to forget what you communicated with them. Example hours worked or days off ; specific duties given. Pay is always late and confusing. If you even ask about it politely they seemed almost bothered. Very cliquish no one talks to you, unless they are in a good mood. (Last sentence is Probably a subjective opinion but whatever)

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