The true extent of former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann's abusive workplace behavior is still becoming clear
Photo: Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for the WeWork Creator Awards Adam Neumann does not sound like a good boss. The former CEO of WeWork liked to walk barefoot in the office and would sometimes jump on tables and desks, say the pitiable souls who worked for him. He might, in fact, be a baby. If he visited a WeWork location that lacked his preferred brand of tequila, staff told Business Insider, he would throw a tantrum. “A lot of WeWork feels like a never-ending party.
Neumann is gone now. His company and the fates of all who work there now rest in SoftBank’s sweaty palms. But the true extent of his abusive workplace behavior is still becoming clear. Neumann may have enjoyed behaving like a baby, but according to one former employer, was less enthusiastic about the people who grow them. On Thursday afternoon, the New York Times reported that his former chief of staff is suing him for pregnancy and gender discrimination.
Bardhi is not the first woman to accuse Neumann of fostering a sexist climate at work. In June, two former WeWork executives sued over age and gender discrimination respectively. In a complaint detailed by Fast Company, one executive said that she’d documented a gender pay gap in the office. After she reported it, the company’s co-president, Jennifer Berrent, told her that the gap existed because “men take risks and women don’t.
Neumann nearly destroyed WeWork. Even now, it may not survive. Though SoftBank acquired the company, which operates co-working spaces and a private school called “WeGrow,” layoffs are probably still imminent. Despite his mismanagement and his mistreatment of his employees, his peers still laud his genius. He is “probably one of the greatest entrepreneurs I’ve ever met,” Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently told Business Insider. Neumann’s former workers might disagree.
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