[doubtfuluser]

I have to say, Facebook at work was probably the best thing I ever used for collaboration and knowledge sharing. It was so much better than slack, I never understood why people wanted this chat style for group communication.

[monkey_slap]

I worked at Facebook for 5 years and agree. Though the culture was a big driver too. It’s not like switching to Workplace will magically transform company culture.

[disgruntledphd2]

Yeah, me three (I was also there 5 years oddly. Do you enjoy being a traitor, incidentally?).

But I think that the big learning from trying to roll Workplace out to other companies is that it was the FB culture that made it work.

It's also worth noting that even though internal-FB stuff in core FB was absolutely bonkers, it definitely contributed to community formation, as you'd end up seeing that your XFN peeps hobbies/kids etc, so there was a loss there.

Although speaking as someone in EMEA, it was totally, totally worth it.

[monkey_slap]

Love being a traitor. Just can’t look at $META and do the math.

[disgruntledphd2]

Yeah, I invested all my remaining stock (not much, given that I wasn't US based) into a house which has appreciated (but a lot less than Meta).