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The kind of poetry only billions in losses can buy pic.twitter.com/U6ZFqgsYiN
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 14, 2019
😭😂🤣 cover page of $WE filing... pic.twitter.com/d04wwDEHxM
— Anthony DeRosa🗽 (@Anthony) August 14, 2019
In addition to the mantra, some critics went in on the language inside the S-1, including WeWork's stated goal to "elevate the world's consciousness," and its frequent use of the word "community," which pops up a total of 150 times in the 220-page document.i realize when reading an s-1 you're supposed to skip ahead to the juicy parts but i'm already stuck on wework's second page, in which the epigraph dedicates this to "the energy of we" that is "inside each of us" pic.twitter.com/lhOoz8cqlX
— Ellen Huet (@ellenhuet) August 14, 2019
What is WeWork's mission?
— Sachin Ravikumar (@sachinr27) August 14, 2019
"Our mission is to elevate the world’s consciousness."
Like, duh.
::takes comically enormous bong rip::
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) August 14, 2019
me: https://t.co/PgOHvCROX7
What could go wrong at WeWork with a mission statement like this?
— Rob Cox (@rob1cox) August 14, 2019
“We are a community company committed to maximum global impact. Our mission is to elevate the world’s consciousness.”
https://t.co/E9tysxX6Fi
Three sentences into WeWork's "our story" section of its IPO filings and I have no idea what it does: "Our mission is to elevate the world’s consciousness"
— Rani Molla (@ranimolla) August 14, 2019
Cultish, grandiose, and vaguely ridiculous language from tech companies is nothing new, but "the energy of we" has definitely struck a chord as even more preposterous than usual.Number of times WeWork S-1 uses word "community": 150
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 14, 2019