Comments on post “Workplace by Facebook”
Derek Bytheway
@derekbtw · Web Developer
Our company has been on Facebook at Work for almost a year now and nobody ever uses it which is really disappointing considering we have over 350 employees. 
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Mahieddine Cherif
@mahieddinech · Software engineer
@derekbtw like every entreprise social network... employees must be willing to use it, you can't simply put in a place a tool and expect your employees to use it
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Hoan Do
@hoandesign · UX Designer, PPCLINK MOBILE
@cherifmahiedine Any tool need an usecase. Your company maybe don't need a social tool. Everything is sales, phone and emails.
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Derek Bytheway
@derekbtw · Web Developer
@cherifmahiedine well we WOULD use it but there's no way of incorporating it into any kind of dashboard you already have. We have a dashboard that all employees use daily to look at sales records, inventory, and data input applications within. If they let you import your own tools, that would actually be very useful. But as for now, it's literally just a fork of Facebook.
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Hoan Do
@hoandesign · UX Designer, PPCLINK MOBILE
@derekbtw I think Workplace should add an internal CRM tool that can cover all your emails and sales. I found that not everything could change in one night. They want to kill emails but how to connect with clients and customers that do not have a Workplace account at their companies. And old emails and phone still live.
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Jim Canto
@jimcanto · Freedom hunter. Citizen dev. Solopreneur
@derekbtw Automotive is also way behind in general. Really tough to get user adoption in a low digital literacy environment. (Yours sounds more advanced than what I'm experiencing... kudos.)
I'm attempting to sneak Ryver (Slack competitor.. and I'm not a fan of their mktg) because of it's layout.. and because I can collaborate with external vendors using private teams.
Internal adoption is going very slow. Though, admittedly, I'm layering it in covertly.
Does this Facebook feature provide a way to collaborate with external vendors privately... but within the interior walls of the group?
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Tina Jang
@tina_jang
@derekbtw just curious, does it connect to my personal account? if so, i wouldn't use it....it's company stuff 😩
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Hoan Do
@hoandesign · UX Designer, PPCLINK MOBILE
@jimcanto @derekbtw I read an article that said that Facebook are testing a Multiple Company Group feature, but those companies all need using Workplace.
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Michael Hoy
@hash_tag_hoy
@derekbtw what dashboard do you use? Custom build?
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Derek Bytheway
@derekbtw · Web Developer
@tina_jang nope, it doesn't connect to it. And don't worry, admins can't secretly see things you say or do in the admin dashboard. This is all they can see/do:
It does, however, let you sign in with your personal account if you wish. It also makes a dropdown in Facebook under your username to quickly switch from your personal account to your Workplace account.
It does, however, let you sign in with your personal account if you wish. It also makes a dropdown in Facebook under your username to quickly switch from your personal account to your Workplace account.
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Derek Bytheway
@derekbtw · Web Developer
@hash_tag_hoy custom build
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Derek Bytheway
@derekbtw · Web Developer
@jimcanto the only thing it lets you connect to is a cloud user database with let's say Oracle. So essentially you make it so the company Workplace accounts are synced with your own hosted dashboard. This does make things a bit simpler. Not having to manually disable someone's account because they got let go is a boring task. (But don't worry if you're lazy at disabling accounts, as they can only log in with their company email address which you should probably disable anyway)
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Kurt Walker
@kurtwalker · Ventrepreneur. Fundbrella.com
@derekbtw why do you think that is?
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Rodrigo Prior
@rodrigoprior · CEO @ Welearn
@derekbtw seems legit!
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Sean Gates
@seangates · Software Engineer at eBay
@derekbtw Yammer, all over again.
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