Richard Markel was a flourishing WeWork executive who loved the feel-good 'cultish' culture until he was pushed aside. He describes his strange year.
Employees, including Markel and his wife, slept in tents. They froze at night, Markel said.
WeWork hired licensed bartenders and, starting in 2016, as employee numbers began to skyrocket, issued RFID wrist bands to"track alcohol consumption," according to a source familiar with camp operations. WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey's role was like the"cultural/spiritual leader" of the company, Markel describes.McKelvey hosts a bi-monthly fireside chat where he meets with 30 or so senior executives. The hour-long chats typically involved McKelvey sharing his views on topics like how to"build resilience" or"creating space to ask for and receive," as well as describing his vision for the company.
Neumann was not very hands on regarding the construction work. He only met with Markel, the person building and running his 75-person West Coast construction team, twice in that year Markel worked there, Markel told us.
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