Included among the department HR staff is the firm’s head HR officer. The departures are occurring amid reports the firm is cutting 2,000 jobs. It also recently called off its initial public offering. A WeWork representative did not respond by deadline to a request for comment.
While most of the HR managers left voluntarily, Business Insider reports that they had problems with CEO Adam Neumann or Jen Berrent, who is co-president and chief legal officer. Adam and Rebekah Newman recently left the firm. WeWork also is contending with sexual harassment claims from at least two former HR officials.