Culture | WeWork hit by £1.5m payoff claims after drug allegations

Corporate culture is important to any business, not just because it helps employees enjoy their working experience more, but it also helps with employer branding and attracting new talent to the business too.

However, real estate firm WeWork has hit headlines after a whistleblower claimed that she was silenced by a £1.5million (two million dollars) cash payment after she threatened to expose an alleged negative culture at the company – one that reportedly included intimate colleague relationships, drugs and discrimination.

The Daily Mail reported that in 2018, the anonymous woman sent a 50-page document to WeWork outlining the various allegations including the claim that she was the victim of a sexual assault.

In addition, the person claimed in the document that there was a prevalence of cocaine, MDMA and Xanax possession at corporate events by the real estate team, whilst also claiming that a senior manager admitted he had slept “with two direct female subordinates”.