{"id":3000082877,"date":"2026-05-21T09:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?p=3000082877"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:37:45","slug":"how-to-pick-the-right-workspace-membership-as-you-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/growth-innovation\/how-to-pick-the-right-workspace-membership-as-you-scale","title":{"rendered":"How to Pick the Right Workspace Membership as You Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There’s a phase in every growing company where the workspace question gets complicated. When you were four or five people, you made do. Someone’s apartment, a coffee shop with Wi-Fi, or a couple of hot desks at a coworking space were good enough. Those settings worked because it only had to accommodate a handful of people who could coordinate over a group chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then you hire your eighth person. Some time later, your twelfth. Suddenly, there are meetings that need a room, client calls that need quiet, and new employees who’ve never met the rest of the team in person. The setup that got you here is starting to strain, and you can feel it in small ways on a daily basis: people talking over each other on calls or laptops balanced on kitchen counters during all-hands meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the moment when the workspace question gets real, and getting it right at each stage of growth is key to either avoiding overspending on space or scrambling to find room for people you’ve already hired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The real risk is committing too early<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

When a team starts growing, your instinct might be to lock in something permanent: a two-year lease on a traditional office, enough desks for the team you plan to have by next year, maybe a little extra room to grow into. It feels responsible, like planning ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"people<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The problem? Early-stage growth is unpredictable. You might double your headcount in six months or go through a quiet stretch where hiring slows down. A lease sized for 30 people feels like a smart bet until you’re 15 people rattling around in a space that’s half empty, paying rent on desks that nobody sits at, or you\u2019ve grown beyond your projections and there aren\u2019t enough desks for the majority of your workbase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the very situations flexible memberships<\/a> are made for. They let you pay for what you need now<\/em>, then adjust as business needs evolve or the team changes. The specifics of which membership to choose, though, depend a lot on where you are in that growth curve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s get into it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/strong>  Five to ten people<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

At this size, your team probably still fits around a single table. What you need is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • a reliable place to work together,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • a spot for calls that doesn’t involve whispering in a hallway,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • enough structure that new hires feel like they’re joining a real company with a real home base.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n