As @voynich61 has mentioned, there's something incredibly morally murky about this product.
The first thing that came to my head is stalking. Before Facebook "Work", the workplace was relatively safe. As long as you don't provide any info, such as phone numbers, personal email address, and had some pretty good privacy settings, you could deflect some potential stalkers at work.
For the sake of the argument, I'm going to assume that with Facebook Work, you login with your normal Facebook account, because, you know, ease of signing up, etc. And I'm going to further assume that this "work" thing will also make a copy of your profile picture, bio details, etc.
With all this information, it's not going to be hard for co-workers to start harassing you online. And since it's the same workplace, you'll soon have to rebuffing them both offline and online.
Additionally, employers will easily find your personal information, such as things you did on the weekend, embarrassing photos that shouldn't be shared around the workplace, etc.
While I sort-of (not really) congratulate Facebook on trying out some new moves, there are some lines that shouldn't be crossed, and lately, Facebook has been crossing all of them. Free Basics, is the latest example that comes to mind. I know in the past Facebook has had a "hacker" mentality when making new products, but for a company as big as Facebook, I wish they gave their products a bit more thought before attempting them.
it says in like 15 different places on the page that you create a new account, you sign up with your business email, and while the interface is similar to the personal version of facebook, it's completely separate. My guess is you didn't read any of the linked page other than perhaps the title.
That was my thought too - with all of the implied harassment, offline bullying, sleuthing and shaming going on perhaps there are grander issues than Facebook launching a corporate product.
The first thing that came to my head is stalking. Before Facebook "Work", the workplace was relatively safe. As long as you don't provide any info, such as phone numbers, personal email address, and had some pretty good privacy settings, you could deflect some potential stalkers at work.
For the sake of the argument, I'm going to assume that with Facebook Work, you login with your normal Facebook account, because, you know, ease of signing up, etc. And I'm going to further assume that this "work" thing will also make a copy of your profile picture, bio details, etc.
With all this information, it's not going to be hard for co-workers to start harassing you online. And since it's the same workplace, you'll soon have to rebuffing them both offline and online.
Additionally, employers will easily find your personal information, such as things you did on the weekend, embarrassing photos that shouldn't be shared around the workplace, etc.
While I sort-of (not really) congratulate Facebook on trying out some new moves, there are some lines that shouldn't be crossed, and lately, Facebook has been crossing all of them. Free Basics, is the latest example that comes to mind. I know in the past Facebook has had a "hacker" mentality when making new products, but for a company as big as Facebook, I wish they gave their products a bit more thought before attempting them.