![]() ![]() One former employee told New York magazine that Adam even offered her tequila during her job interview.Īdam’s 40th birthday extravaganza: How did WeWork’s excess-happy cofounder celebrate such a milestone? According to Billion Dollar Loser by journalist Reeves Wiedeman, by packing up his wife and five kids (they now have six) for a three-week adventure that culminated with a stay in the Maldives. Tequila was not just reserved for layoffs, though-Neumann’s apparent favorite tequila, Don Julio 1942, was frequently stocked at WeWork locations to keep the cofounder happy. Neumann, and played a set for the staff.” “Then employees carrying trays of plastic shot glasses filled with tequila came into the room, followed by toasts and drinks.” As if that was not a jarring enough corporate message, “ Darryl McDaniels of hip-hop group Run-DMC entered the room, embraced Mr. Taking the edge off WeWork layoffs with tequila: Several weeks after laying off 7% of the WeWork staff in 2016, according to Brown, the WeWork cofounder called an all-hands meeting to explain that the move was necessary to cut costs. ( he only advised on the video and no WeWork resources were used.) Kushner showed a version of the video during his speech at the White House’s peace conference in Bahrain.” According to Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman, Adam had a WeWork executive “hire an advertising firm to produce a slick video for Kushner that would showcase what an economically transformed West Bank and Gaza would look like. Ahead, several of the wild real-life tales we may or may not see brought to life on WeCrashed:Īlso: ending world hunger and achieving peace in the Middle East. This sequence is but a gentle primer, though, to the absurd stories of extravagance and entitlement to come. Ready for the day, Neumann greets Rebekah by pounding his bare chest and shouting his battle cry, “Rise and grind.” Before Neumann can get into his chauffeured Maybach, Rebekah gently reminds him to first put on a shirt. In the scene, he is awoken like he’s Louis XIV’s stoner cousin: his curtains gently pulled back as a staff member carrying a giant bong crouches beside his bed, lights it for him, and lets Neumann take a morning hit. The show, which premieres Friday, opens with WeWork board members gathering for a meeting to oust Neumann ( Jared Leto).īut Neumann is not yet there-because he’s still in bed, in the reported $35 million Gramercy condo he and wife Rebekah ( Anne Hathaway) inhabit. ![]() Even if you haven’t heard the fateful tales of Adam Neumann’s millennial excess, you’ll know the guy is, well, a bit out there by his character introduction on Apple TV+’s new series WeCrashed. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |