Thank you.
It looks great on you.
- Here is your onboarding packet. - Okay.
- Your directory. - Okay.
Here is this.
And remember, the staff meeting is at 7:00 p.m. tonight.
The "Thank God It's Monday" meeting?
Girl, they're epic. Literally the best part of my week.
How long have you worked here?
Four weeks?
No, five.
- Welcome to WeWork. - Thank you.
Welcome! Welcome! Thank you! Thank you for being here.
Yes. Welcome!
Do you see that sign back there? What does it say?
- Hustle harder! - Hustle harder!
Now, for all the new faces,
let the rest of the world give thanks on Friday.
Here at WeWork, we say…
"Thank God it's Monday!"
Yes! Thank God it's Monday!
I say "we," you say "work."
- We! - Work!
- Come on! - Work!
Hey!
I say "we," you say "work!"
- We! - Work!
Her last poopie was a little solid,
so maybe a counter-clockwise stomach massage.
Gentle. Okay.
Mommy loves you. Mommy loves you.
- Hey, Adam. Adam. Adam. - I love you so-- Bye.
Adam, I'm so sorry, but we are three hours late
and the crowd is getting restless.
The flower always blooms in the spring. Let's go!
Let's go! Come on!
- Is everything okay? - Sorry. I'm sorry.
- My dad just keeps calling. It's fine. - Your dad?
So, this is Damian Saito.
- He is the reporter doing that piece. - Hi.
- Damian!
Damian, my brother. This will be the best piece you ever wrote!
You'll win the Pulitzer. Okay?
You just tell me what you need.
- Vanessa! Whatever he needs. - Yes. Whatever you need.
- Thank you. - The New York Times.
The Times canceled.
Maybe we can meet tonight.
- Baby. Hey, hey. - We need to embrace each other.
You're a supernova.
- My love. - My love.
Okay.
Welcome to the stage the main attraction,
Adam Neumann!
Yes, yes, yes!
Yes! Welcome!
Welcome to Summer Camp!
Daddy?
- Look around you. - I have to call you back.
The most amazing thing is happeni--
This is what tomorrow looks like.
No more TGIF.
- When you do what you love… - What?
…work is play.
And we say…
Thank God it's Monday!
We love you!
We love you too. We do.
It's been an amazing year.
Can I call you when I get back to the city?
Okay, but I'm gonna do that. I'm gonna…
I will write it as soon as I ge--
…and very smart, investments from our committed partners at Benchmark Capital,
we now have over 1.5 million square feet
of WeWork space!
And over 10,000 members.
So I think we deserve to celebrate a little bit, huh?
Or maybe a lot!
Maybe a lot!
Daddy, we're gonna fix this.
Okay? We're gonna get through this. I promise.
Speaking of partners,
this amazing setting is my beautiful wife, Rebekah's, family's property,
so let's all thank her.
Rebekah!
Rebekah! Come, come!
She's going to make me come get her.
- No. Adam. - Rebekah, come, come, come!
- Daddy, I have to call you back, okay? - Come.
Here she is.
Say something. Say something!
No, it's yours.
Hi!
Welcome to this beautiful s--
I mean, this actually is a summer camp.
It's owned by my cousin Mark's family.
Mark!
Is Mark here?
Mark, are you…
Is-- Oh, well…
Adi? Adi!
Adi! Adam's sister is here, everyone.
Adi, thank you so much for helping Adam
when he first got here.
I'm so grateful that you took care of him.
You helped him build the biggest family in the world.
All right!
A big part of being a woman is to help men.
What?
A big part of being a woman is to help men manifest their calling.
- That's what I've tried to do with Adam. - Fuck.
And you have.
So, anyway, I made a lot of memories here…
Come on.
"Founder's wife says a woman's role is to help men,
quote, 'manifest their calling in life.'"
Thank you.
Give me a break. She is a new mother. She's barely sleeping.
- Don't be a dick. - She said it.
Yeah, and that's not the story here.
- What is the story? - The story is-- Look at this!
Thousands of employees and members celebrating together.
There is something so special happening at WeWork.
I mean, you pitched me on covering Summer Camp, so cover it.
- We! - Work!
I say "we," you say "work"!
- We! - Work!
Everybody scream!
That thing you said
about how a woman's role is to help a man manifest his own destiny.
- Yeah. - We might want to clarify that.
I don't understand what was wrong with it. I thought it was sweet.
Well, it might be perceived as anti-feminist.
Anti-- No, no.
I brought The Vagina Monologues to Cornell my senior year.
I can't even remember what Rebekah said.
Okay, well, the reporter is gonna remember.
Well, he's a style reporter.
I know, but it doesn't matter. You have to set the record straight.
No, no. Vanessa.
My wife doesn't have to do a thing, okay?
You're the head of comms. You're the genius.
Fix it.
We love you, Adam!
Hey!
I love you more! I love you more!
Hey!
Wait, wait. Stop, stop, stop.
Is that the bounce house?
- Can we just go to the cabin? - Yeah, we should just go.
- The bounce house! - Okay.
Nice little cabin.
Thank you.
You can put the small bag in the nursery and the two large bags in the master.
Keith!
Rebekah! Don't bother your brother! Let him rest!
Keith! Keith!
Keith, Keith! I got to the eighth level in Zelda!
- I learned all eight spells. - Bullshit.
No, it's true! I saved the game!
RebiRules is now top score.
But if I erase it, no one will know.
Keith, don't. No.
- Hey. - No!
You know, it's okay to cry.
Rivka!
- You up there? - I'm up here. Yeah. I'm up here.
Shalom, baba ghanoush!
They're going crazy out there. Like a pack of wolves.
Oh, my God. Where's-- There it is.
Perfect.
Perfect. Come on, get dressed.
We have a big night.
Honey, I'm not gonna go tonight.
- You're coming. - No, I really can't.
- You're coming. - No.
We have a night nurse, a day nurse…
- I can't. - …a fridge full of boob milk.
- You're coming. - No. Honey. I can't.
You're coming.
I'm not taking no for an answer.
How could you resist?
What? Too much?
Dance with me under the stars until the sun rises.
Come, come, come. Dance with me. Dance with me!
- Are you ready? - Yes.
And guess what I have here.
Your magic glasses.
Can you hear them out there?
Like wolves. We can howl at the moon.
I'm gonna go!
I'm gonna go.
- I'm gonna head back. - No, no.
You can't leave a silent disco. It's bad luck.
- No. Stay, stay. - Can you stop? Please, stop.
- Stay, stay! - Stop, stop.
- Hey, wait. What's wrong? - Honey.
It's no--
What's wrong? Talk to me. Talk to me.
I talked to my dad. He's in trouble.
- What? What kind of trouble? - He's in some…
- Legal trouble. - Legal--
- It's just-- - What did he do?
He didn't do anything.
It was a mistake. It was a mix-up.
- Jesus Christ. This is fucking… - Okay.
Okay, okay. Tell me-- Tell me what happened.
Some stupid accountant fucked up something on his tax returns,
they've charged him with some bullshit tax thing,
and he said he could go to prison.
And he wants me to write him some kind of character reference in a letter.
- I don't really know. Anyway-- - Wait.
- I need to go to sleep. - No. I'm coming with you.
No, no.
- I'm coming with you. We'll go together. - You're gonna stay.
I'll make some cocoa.
You are gonna stay. You are gonna have fun.
You have planned this for months. All right?
And they want you to stay.
Okay?
There you go.
I gotta go.
- I'll miss you. - I'll miss you.
We'll figure this out.
I'll be thinking about you. Not a big deal.
Oh, yeah!
Go, Adam! Go, Adam! Go, Adam!
She's doing all women a disservice.
Oh, my God, that's it. I mean--
She isn't going to apologize. She never does.
It's just--
Bye!
Got the picture.
Oh, my God!
Aaron, I'm just saying just think about it. Okay?
We just accept whatever society tells us is normal.
I eat bacon 'cause it's delicious.
- Not because society tells me to. - You think suffering is delicious?
'Cause that's what you're eating. Suffering. And it's everywhere.
- McDonald's cooks its fries in beef-- - Jesus! Not everything is some big thing.
Where are you going?
I'm gonna take off.
No. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. We don't have to talk about that stuff.
I gotta get going.
No, stay the night. You can tell your parents you're at Jonah's.
No more gross stuff.
We could do fun stuff.
Yeah? What would Bob and Evelyn say?
They don't get home till next week.
They're still gone? My parents won't leave me alone for a night.
I'm not alone.
Yes?
Yes, yes, yes, yes!
- Hi, Rebekah. - Vanessa. Thank goodness.
We need more vegan options at the food station. I don't eat meat.
- I will have some-- - It's not a choice. It's a lifestyle.
Just smelling meat makes me very upset.
Of course. That's not my job, but--
I don't-- What happened? The sign-up sheet was full.
Right, this is what I was trying to tell you. No one is coming.
Why?
Because there's been a boycott.
Of yoga?
No, of, "A big part of being a woman is
to help men manifest their calling in life."
So legal has called a meeting. We have to head back up to the house.
I tried to text you. I-- Okay.
I said I support my husband. Sue me.
Lawsuits are nothing to joke about.
This is very serious, Rebekah.
Who are you?
Jen's out. I'm deputy in-house counsel.
Okay. I think we should wait for Adam. When's he getting here?
No. They sent me instead.
I'm here.
- He's Jet Ski jousting. - Someone challenged him.
Okay, so, you pissed off the millennials.
Well, they're sensitive about everything.
Call 'em microaggressions now. They find them triggering.
- Bunch of babies. - With social media accounts. So…
I wouldn't say that. I think they're trying to make space at the table
for people who don't look just like them. So…
They value empathy.
Empathy? Empathy?
- This is empathy? Are you seriou-- - You see, Rebekah,
as the wife of the founder,
you have to choose your words very carefully.
The millennials are very online. This sort of thing can spread.
It will go viral.
Yep, we gotta keep it 100. Otherwise, it's "Bye, Felicia."
They're teaching me things.
It could be very damaging to our brand.
I mean, do you understand? We can't lose the millennials.
- We need them. - Why?
Because they work 80 hours a week for free beer and T-shirts.
No, that's--
I-- I'm sorry.
This whole thing is ridiculous. I don't…
Ridiculous or not, this sort of thing can gain momentum.
A few playful comments here, a few lapses in judgment there,
and all of a sudden, they're making a mountain out of a molehill.
Next thing you know, you've got gender discrimination,
you've got hostile work environment,
you've got sexual harassment.
We need to squash this. Now.
Did you take care of that story?
I tried.
So, we want you to put out a statement.
"We"?
Yes.
Adam wants me to put out a statement?
Yeah.
Guys, we talked about this at the pre-meeting.
No.
- Oh, come on. Please. - The statement's already written.
No! Listen--
No, I don't wanna talk.
I wanna listen. I wanna hear their truth, okay?
Can you set that up? Can you?
If you don't mind, I have to go deal with something that actually matters.
She wants to "hear their truth."
That went very well.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Hey.
It's just-- It seemed like the thing to do.
All of my friends were getting jobs on Wall Street. And…
- I thought-- - Hey. Hey.
Some people waste their entire lives doing something they hate.
Come on.
So, what do you wanna do next?
What's gonna make you happy?
I wanna act.
Like Gwynnie?
I know. It's stupid, right?
Says who? No. Hey, you were terrific in your school plays.
You always had talent. More than Gwynnie.
- Lie. - Truth.
I never really believed her head was in that box.
The thing is, I'd have to move to LA.
And I'd need headshots, and there's this amazing acting teacher.
But--
- But it's expensive, so-- - So?
I know things have been tight since the divorce.
Have I ever not provided for you?
- I just don't want-- - Have I ever not provided for you?
I'm sorry I brought it up.
Who took you and all your friends to Amsterdam for your birthday?
Who else's father did that?
I said I'm sorry!
- Hey, Fran? - Dad…
Go pick up some champagne.
My daughter's gonna win an Oscar.
Aaron?
Aaron! Aaron, I don't understand wha--
I told you, I can't take the pressure of all of this. The weight is too much!
- What pressure? What weight? - Of you!
- I love you! - No.
- No, no, no. - Stop, stop.
Just stay! No! No! N--
Shit.
Are you okay?
Please don't leave me. Please don't leave me. Please don't!
No, I can't be alone anymore! Aaron, no.
No, no, no. No! Aaron! No!
Please. No. No. I--
A proper pot of coffee in a copper coffee pot.
Take your own cue.
Let's put on some music.
I gotta go.
Aaron! Why? What happened?
I told you, I can't take the pressure of all this.
- The weight-- - Wh--
What pressure? What weight?
Of you.
I love you!
It doesn't feel like love.
Let's stop for a moment.
Why do you think I stopped you?
Because it was bad.
Correct. Yes.
And why was it bad?
Because Chris's performance felt pushed?
What is the point of this exercise?
To revisit a trauma from our past.
No, to reframe a trauma from our past so that we can make it work for us.
What is the trauma here?
Aaron broke up with me.
- Was he the love of your life? - An-- No.
Let's find another trauma.
I've had a very fortunate life.
How was your relationship with your parents? Your family?
They've given me everything I ever wanted.
So, what happened after you broke up with Aaron?
Not much. We--
We didn't really talk because he started dating a friend of mine…
- Wait. He dated your friend? - …so it was like--
Was she a close friend?
Yes.
Was she your best friend?
- Yes. - That had to feel like a betrayal.
I…
I guess, a li-- a little bit.
Okay, so let's reframe this experience!
Aaron is the love of your life. He cheated on you with your best friend.
They both betrayed you!
Now, tell me how it felt when Aaron broke up with you.
I felt sad, and…
and alone.
Why are you holding back? I want you to feel it!
I…
It hurt.
In my chest. It was so tight!
But I didn't cry, because I was too angry at them for leaving me,
and-- and-- and for the betrayal,
and for the lies, for all the goddamn lies!
Now! Now, make that your truth. Live in it.
You fucked my best friend!
You think I wouldn't find out? Do you think I'm an idiot?
Rebekah, I'm sorry I did that!
Oh, G--
Why are men so fucking disappointing?
Now, that is the truth.
So, you don't see how what you said was anti-feminist?
No. You misinterpreted the mean--
If we misinterpreted what you said, then why are you apologizing?
I'm not apologizing. I'm contextualizing.
You're not?
I know everyone has a lot to say,
but let's give Rebekah a chance to speak too.
I thought this was a listening session.
Absolutely. And the listening, it goes both ways.
You know what? It doesn't matter what I intended, what--
We're a family, and in a family, what matters is how I made you feel.
So, I'd like to focus on that.
I know something that has always helped me is choosing what truth I live in.
Right? I am responsible for my anger, my sadness.
You can't let yourself be defined by negative emotions.
Wait, so are you saying that if you said something that makes us feel bad,
then it's our fault?
- Yes. Tha-- - What?
Oh, my God.
Do you not see how fucked up that is?
It's-- No, I think--
I-- Okay, I think you misinterpreted what I was--
No, no. Everyone, please, please.
Okay. Excus-- Why are you leaving?
Because this is not helpful.
Okay. Okay, you talk, I'll listen.
Look, I'm not afraid to lose my job,
so I'm gonna say what everyone else here is thinking.
WeWork is a really bad place to work.
- Yeah. - Especially for women.
So, why-- Why would…
Why would you say that?
Well, we have to stay up until three o'clock in the morning, drinking,
just so we can be a part of the team.
Well, I'm sure that's--
And we're paid like it's a start-up, but it's not a start-up anymore.
You flew here in a helicopter.
We want real wages.
It's always met with stock options. Like, "stock options this, stock"--
Yeah, and stock options mean that you're an owner in the company.
You get to choose your own destiny.
If I own the company, I pay people overtime.
My friend said that she was asked if she planned on getting pregnant
during her interview here.
- I heard that too. - Seriou--
Okay, well, look, that is horrible.
You should've immediately gone to HR, and I'm sure--
For the longest time, there was literally no HR.
Yes, and now there is an entire department, all right?
That is what I mean about focusing on the negative.
WeWork is a young company,
and we are always growing and evolving and striving to do better.
But you don't seem to want to see that.
Okay, look, look.
I heard someone say
that they can't meet anyone because they're stuck at work all the time.
Well, you are surrounded by all of these amazing people,
so meet someone at work.
We've had two WeWork engagements!
Yeah, okay, we've all met a bunch of people.
Me personally, I've "met" four people at work.
Everyone's fucking everyone.
Thank you all so much--
You know, I found a used condom under my desk.
Rebekah, there's a closet
called the "the fuck closet." Wanna guess what happens in there?
Okay, I think we can all agree that there should not be a fuck closet.
All right, and I think you should tell your boss. And I will tell--
Who do you think we're fucking?
You keep saying we're a family and that this is our company,
but none of that is true.
So please just stop saying it.
- Yeah! - Yes!
- Yeah. - Stop.
Thank you all so much!
Who else gets a helicopter?
How could you let that happen to me?
- How could you let that happen? - I didn't let anything happen.
We just have to contain this. What are we gonna do?
How would we contain it? We can't shut down Twitter.
- Are you kidding me? - No, it's--
So bad!
And I say one thing wrong, and then, all of a sudden,
I'm being blamed for a fucking fuck closet!
Great. Fuck closet. That won't go viral.
Where's the fuck closet?
- Vanessa's drafting a statement for you-- - I don't need a statement.
- Yes, you do. Yes, you do. - I don't. I--
Yes, you do. You do.
And we've hired outside counsel.
Rivka, it's okay. It's okay. It's just words.
Can you just come say hello?
Hi, honey!
Hi, Daddy.
Bought it at an auction.
Wasn't exactly Sotheby's.
Haven't had it appraised.
And?
To your nose.
To your cheeks.
It seems like the real deal.
Then we're gonna finish it.
My last supper.
How long have you been dealing with this?
Two years.
Okay.
I didn't want to worry you.
The lawyers insisted the whole time that it was gonna be dropped.
"The lawyers."
Do you know where you're going or for how long?
There's one place called Allenwood.
Six months, maybe a year.
All comes down to the judge. That's why I need your letter.
I need him to know who I really, really am.
I promise I'm gonna do it tonight. I'm gonna write it tonight.
Okay.
Let's talk about something nice.
- Okay. Yeah. - Yeah.
How is Harlow?
She is all joy.
I mean, she's such a daddy's girl.
Loves Adam.
Well, everybody does.
It's like his superpower.
That wine would go perfectly with a New York strip
and shrimp cocktail from Peter Luger's.
That's where I want you to take me for my last supper.
I haven't eaten red meat since Keith.
Great sides. Great sides.
You used to love their creamed spinach.
Probably shouldn't get a DUI a week before sentencing.
Mind if I take the guest room for tonight?
Sure. Of course.
That way I can help you with the letter, if you need it.
- Daddy… - And it's really--
I know what to do. It's okay. He needs to know who you really are.
He just needs to know who you really are. I just need to write what you mean to me.
That's your superpower.
- I don't have a superpower. - You sure do.
You always, always know exactly what people need to hear.
I gotta go make some calls.
As you know, this is not the first time
my father has made a mistake.
My father had started a charity.
American Cancer Research Fund?
I lost my mother to breast cancer.
I'm so sorry.
Your dad is a saint.
The unsuspecting victims, defrauded of over a million dollars
by your company, the American Cancer Research Fund.
Mr. Paltrow, you are not being prosecuted personally.
But ACRF is pleading guilty to fraud.
And in the eyes of this court, you bear responsibility
for the actions of your company.
You ran a company that engaged in fraud.
So, what does that make you?
I don't know, sir.
It makes you a fraud.
Yes, Your Honor.
Say it.
I'm a fraud.
Case dismissed.
Tragically, a few years later,
my brother was diagnosed with cancer
and died.
Let's go get some steaks.
Keith's death broke my father.
He's a good man.
He's just numb sometimes to his own actions
because he's in so much pain.
He laughs less. He worries more.
He can't enjoy the small moments that make a life.
I stopped eating meat the day my brother died.
My father stopped living.
He's not the man you think he is.
He's the man that taught me that family comes first.
Taught me to fight for what I believe in.
And that is what I am doing right now. Fighting to keep my family together.
Sincerely, Rebekah Paltrow Neumann.
So pretty.
What the f--
- I am so sorry. - Hey, Rebekah.
I'm s-- I'm-- I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry. Where is Adam?
Oh, he's not he-- I don't think he's here.
I'm so-- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Hey, it's okay.
You're not gonna run the article.
- But it's such a good one. - Is it?
I don't know, it feels like you're picking on a young company
that only wants to do good and is going to do better. I just--
Well, I mean, the article will cover all of that.
I just-- I wonder if there was another way.
You have something to offer?
I hear Gwyneth and Chris have an open marriage.
That might make an interesting story.
The statement that we've put together is just--
If you follow it exactly, we can just move forward from this.
And we really appreciate your help.
- And like-- - How did it go?
She handled it.
Because you couldn't.
Come on, man. That's not fair.
Let's talk.
Who here is having a great time?
All right, so am I. So am I. I'm having a great time.
- How many people here are drunk right now? - Yes. Miguel!
Right. Okay. So am I.
Remember, they said not to deviate.
Thanks.
Our lawyers went over every word with outside counsel.
They just want to hear you apologize.
I know what to say.
Yeah, yeah…
Please welcome to the stage Adam Neumann!
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who helped make this weekend possible!
Yes!
To the bartenders who kept the drinks flowing!
To the taco guys who made chimichangas till 5:00 in the morning!
Thank you!
My ass is still burning, by the way.
This is community, this feeling that we all have.
This feeling, that… happiness.
That feeling is WeWork.
So let's take that feeling, and let's take that energy.
Let's take it all back into our jobs
and keep kicking ass!
Now, before we go,
Rebekah has something she would love to say to you all.
Rebekah. Make some noise.
Thank you.
There's been a lot of talk about roles this weekend.
The roles we play for each other,
the roles we play for ourselves.
I said that women had to support men, and I meant it.
It's the truth.
But it's not the whole truth.
This is your base and bonus range, but the real value is in the shares.
You get 2,000 after year one. You get 2,500 after year two.
The whole truth is that we need to support each other.
Yes!
Now, that can be a man.
It could be a woman. It can be a friend. It doesn't matter.
What matters is that we empower others.
Just need you to sign this NDA.
Welcome to WeWork.
That's why Adam and Miguel started WeWork: to empower all of you.
To empower our members to innovate, to create.
To empower our employees to build community
and be a part of something larger than themselves.
So if our role,
our responsibility,
is to empower each other,
then… what's the role of the company?
What's WeWork's role in the world?
WeWork's role is nothing less than to elevate the world's consciousness.
And by doing that, we will make a better world together!
All of us! Together!
- We! - Work!
Beautiful.
Okay.
Thank you.
Goodbye. We'll see you soon. See you soon!