{"id":11409,"date":"2019-11-21T18:31:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T23:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?p=11409"},"modified":"2023-07-22T11:36:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:36:40","slug":"is-wework-default-dead-or-default-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/is-wework-default-dead-or-default-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Is WeWork Default Dead or Default Alive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Previously we talked about How Not To Die as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/how-not-to-die-agents-and-brokers-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">real estate agent<\/a>.  Another infamous Paul Graham term is &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Default Alive or Default Dead (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/paulgraham.com\/aord.html\" target=\"_blank\">Default Alive or Default Dead<\/a>&#8220;.  It sounds extremely harsh and morbid, but that&#8217;s part of the point.  Calling a company Default Dead should trigger some alarm bells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WeWork today announced layoffs (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/11\/21\/wework-lays-off-2400-employees.html\" target=\"_blank\">WeWork today announced layoffs<\/a>, cutting 2400 jobs in an attempt to stabilize the company and reach sustainability.  Lets do some back-of-the-envelope math to see whether WeWork is likely Default Alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Glassdoor, they will save an average of $69K per community manager and $120K per software engineer.  Most of the layoffs are probably community manager types, but we can be generous.  Assume a high $150K average fully loaded cost of each employee, given all the expensive benefits (and ironically, co-working space).<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"327\"><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>From the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"infamous S-1 filing (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1533523\/000119312519220499\/d781982ds1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">infamous S-1 filing<\/a> prior to the failed IPO, WeWork was on track to make $3.0 Billion in revenues for 2019.   Unfortunately, it seems WeWork is still Default Dead.  Operating expenses are at least $3.8 Billion, even if we immediately exclude pre-opening, &#8220;growth and new market development&#8221;, and depreciation expenses.    Operationally they are still $800M in the hole, with the job cuts saving at best $360M less severance, pre-committed leases, and lawsuits. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/wework_fin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"327\"><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>To be Default Alive, the cuts need to be more than twice as large, or expect to grow gross profits by at least 15% with the remaining staff and resources.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previously we talked about How Not To Die as a real estate agent. Another infamous Paul Graham term is &#8220;Default Alive or Default Dead&#8220;. It sounds extremely harsh and morbid, but that&#8217;s part of the point. Calling a company Default Dead should trigger some alarm bells. WeWork today announced layoffs, cutting 2400 jobs in an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v22.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is WeWork Default Dead or Default Alive? - Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/is-wework-default-dead-or-default-alive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is WeWork Default Dead or Default Alive?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Previously we talked about How Not To Die as a real estate agent. 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