Reputation | WeWork staff share fears over future employability

In the world of employment reputation is everything.

Building a professional and prestigious image takes time and effect and is accumulated over the course of an employees’ career; from the projects that they have been involved in and delivered on, to the companies that they have worked for.

A good reputation can be determined by a person’s CV too, as this is where a candidate details all of their best achievements and the employers that they have worked for. Therefore, it is quite possible that a company with a longstanding history of poor press and one that has been publicly shamed for toxic corporate cultures may tarnish the employee’s individual reputation in the working world. Some hiring managers may wonder why they wanted to work for a firm with a questionable reputation in the first place and, more importantly, why they stuck around.

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A portion of employees at WeWork are sharing the concern that their tenure at the real estate firm will act as a “black mark” on their CV going forward and will discourage prospective employers from hiring them – Business Insider reported. Employers may assume that because the company has been outed over its corporate culture, among various other things, that employee may have the same questionable moral compass.