Trouble with all-women work environments: Too much gossip. Too many cliques. Too much drama.
Wing Founder & CEO Audrey Gelman:
Posted on 09/02/2022 11:43:45 PM PDT by Angelino97
When the Wing first opened its doors in Flatiron in 2016 as a pioneering, women-only coworking space, it became a phenomenon. Founders Audrey Gelman and Lauren Kassan raised more than $100 million from investors like WeWork and Airbnb. At its peak, it had 11 locations...
But things took a sudden turn the following year. In June 2020, Gelman stepped down after employees protested her leadership and alleged mistreatment of black and brown staffers. It was the beginning of the end.
Earlier this week, Wing members received an email announcing that the club’s six remaining locations would be closing due to “increasing global economic challenges” and “the backdrop of the Covid pandemic.” For many former members, the news came as no surprise — with some feeling it was even good riddance.
“It was a gossipy very toxic environment for my team,” Kanessa Tixe, a Wing member in 2018 and the founder of marketing and PR entertainment company TS Collective, told The Post. “It was all a PR machine. You can hire all the black, and Spanish and white women you want, but if you’re not setting up a culture appropriately, it is going to crumble. I think it became too much of a hype of female empowerment.”
The strict rules at the club, which cost members $185 to $200 per month, didn’t always foster #GirlBoss success, especially for those using it as a coworking space daily. ...
Tixe said she felt tension from employees who frequently told her to lower her voice while on calls and in meetings in her office space. She was eventually asked to surrender her membership after a staffer said she offended one of the employees for using the term “home girl” in a light-hearted and friendly context.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Trouble with all-women work environments: Too much gossip. Too many cliques. Too much drama.
Wing Founder & CEO Audrey Gelman:
i work in a department with 10 women
im the only guy
there is always some kind of feud going on
i keep my head down and my mouth shut
You could start feuds and never be suspected of having start them.
What the he!! is “The Wing”? I read the link below and still don’t know how the thing was supposed to work.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wing_(workspace)M
This article is pretty light delivering on what the headline promises.
A bunch of catty, bitchy and woke women locked up in a common work space, what could possibly go wrong
I’ve always preferred working with no one. It’s why they put me in the back lab
Precisely.
As someone with four sisters and four daughters, I know better than to weigh in on this one.
Smart you. The ultimate was the collision oof the destroyer McCain, caused by two women feuding with each other and not communicating.
Remote work is pretty sweet.
Save on gas, clothing, no having to watch what I say...
I recall reading a bout a women’s bar that closed after a week in Portland. The female employees revolted and wanted to takeover. So the initial investment went up in smoke.
“I’ve always preferred working with no one. It’s why they put me in the back lab”
Ditto. I’m territorial and always had to have my own lab space. Maybe because I’m an only child and never learned to share.
“as a pioneering, women-only coworking space,”
Can men set up a men-only working space?
“still don’t know how the thing was supposed to work.”
From the end result, nether did they.
No.
“Every coworking space will always have basics like WiFi, printers, usually, some type of conference room… and some will have tea, coffee, and snacks available.”
Read more at: https://drop-desk.com/what-is-coworking
So basically a Starbucks for women only, hut that you have to pay to sit down while you drink your macchiato.
I am sure you have seen some things...
Reading the entire article is frowned upon on here.
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