In early March, Jacqueline Slatky got a call from her manager asking if she could help out with\u00a0a potential COVID-19 case in a New York City WeWork space.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLittle did I know at the time that my project management skills would truly be put to the test as the organization was on the heels of an unforeseeable global event,\u201d said Slatky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The scale of what was to come was tough to fathom at the time: The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic<\/a> in early March, and states across the country were only just beginning to declare states of emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slatky had been helping the company \u201cwork smarter, not harder\u201d as a senior manager in operations excellence in the United States and Canada at WeWork since October 2018\u2014but this was something else entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere was no precedent for how to deal with COVID-19. No amount of time scrolling through Google would give us the answers that we needed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, that\u2019s no longer the case. Members can walk into any WeWork around the world to find a safe and productive workspace<\/a> replete with sanitization stations, distancing protocols<\/a>, and widely available masks and gloves. This transformation<\/a>, which is constantly iterating in response to emerging information about the pandemic, is thanks in large part to the pioneering teams in charge of keeping our buildings open. The mission of the building operations team is to improve and deliver world-class operational excellence so that WeWork\u2019s community<\/a> and operations teams can deliver an amazing member experience.<\/p>\n\n\n