Facebook: Workplace

I can literally hear all of the IT administrators scream as they have to “unblock” access to Facebook on their local networks at work…

The idea of Facebook moving into the team and productivity setting makes complete sense. Even I find myself nodding my head in agreement with their strategy and product direction.

It’s just hard to not imagine this system ultimately powering not just your personal relationships but your professional ones as well. It’s always been a bit fluid technologically but not seamless. Now, it seems, you’ll be able to have your cake and eat it too.

I am not personally a large user of Facebook after having quit a while ago, but, I won’t lie… I’ve imagined a world that has forced my hand to go back.

How I reason through this in my small brain is comparing it to another enterprise solution and toolset that I use but that I have my issues with: Google Apps.

They see everything that I do since I use them and many folks choose to avoid Google and their army of services at all costs. But most of the companies that I encounter and have worked for use Google Apps. To be a successfully engaged employee I had to use those systems.

That’s how I liken it; if the rest of the world moves toward Facebook as an enterprise, workplace solution, then, I can imagine a world where I’d have to make the decision to either submit to that or find another place of employment.

Huh. Check it out here.