Hot take: Big corporate offices are better than trendy startups for a first career switch

I visited a WeWork in Austin last month for a friend's startup pitch event and honestly it felt like a circus. People were napping in pods, someone was blending a smoothie at 2pm, and nobody could tell me where their actual office was. Gave me flashbacks to when I switched from bartending to a corporate insurance job in 2021 where I had a desk, a schedule, and actual mentorship. Has anyone else found the 'fun' office culture to be way less helpful than the boring one?

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the_jesse3d ago

That "nobody could tell me where their actual office was" part really hits. If the people running the place can't point to a real workspace, you're basically paying for the privilege of watching someone make a smoothie.

miab162d ago

Oh man, you've been through the wringer with that one... Next time ask them to pull up their company calendar and show you a meeting invite with a real room number. If they can't do that, just walk, you're dodging a bullet.