[iamleppert]

What kind of company that is controlled by a single man insists on branding itself as “we”?

Even the name of the company is a bold-faced lie.

[rightbyte]

It was quite common among monarchs to use "we" instead of "I".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_we

[stagger87]

Is your argument that companies that use plural pronouns in their name should have certain types of ownership structures?

[iamleppert]

At a certain point, you need to stop listening to what people say and start looking at what they do.

In this case, there is a clear mismatch in terms of what Adam is saying and his behavior as the CEO of this company. If WeWork’s mission is really to be one of empowering people to work the way they want, its governance structure and actions by those at the top need to reflect those values.

Put simply, the CEO himself isn’t living up to the core values of the company and needs to be dismissed.

[cdolan]

First rule of getting out of a hole is to stop digging.

Honestly how did you make this logical jump? It’s pretty obvious to me the parent post was pointing out that there is a lot of irony in a company, completely controlled by one individual (or his wife if he dies), is named “We”.

[wavefunction]

Unless it's the "royal We" and then it's even more potential delicious irony.

[some1else]

I think his argument was that if a company uses the name "We", it should have a certain type of ownership structure. The interpretation could probably be further extended to other names that signify plural governance. That sounds reasonable to me. I can't infer ownership implied by all plural pronouns though, so I suspect your interpretation is probably too general.

[quickthrower2]

The we could refer to the customers. “We Work at WeWork”. It could refer to the staff as well.

[benjaminbrodie2]

How should wework be pronounced? I always pronounce it like I'm stating a fact (that we do in fact work)

[cpeterso]

"Whey Orc"