Unlimited free beer is being withdrawn for members of the international office-sharing company WeWork as it tries to shed its image of a “frat boy” culture. The American organisation, founded in 2010, is the largest occupier of office space in London apart from the government. Members can rent a desk, a room or space for a whole business. In a pilot scheme in New York, workers will be limited to four beers a day and the taps will be closed from 8pm to midnight. Two weeks ago The Times reported that Ruby Anaya, 33, a former WeWork director, was suing the company over sexual harassment, claiming that it was “only a matter of time before someone gets raped” at its summer camps in Britain and
WeWork is restricting the amount of free beer available to members in a New York-based pilot, a move it denied was related to a recent lawsuit. Ruby Anaya, a former director at the co-workspace provider, is suing the company claiming sexual harassment occurred at company events, which have gained a reputation for cultivating a booze-fuelled "frat boy" culture. WeWork said the new policy was not related to the lawsuit, and that the software to manage the provision of alcohol at its offices was something its had been working on for some time. WeWork has rejected Anaya's claims and is contesting the case.