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Re: Facebook at Work

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wyclif wrote: post #243
djhn wrote: post #214

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Do UK engineers command salaries anywhere near SV level though?

No, they don't on average. This has been discussed many times on HN. Apps like this are outsourced to UK offices to keep budgets low. I routinely get offers and recruiter calls from the UK, I usually don't respond to them because I know they can't match US salaries because none of them ever have for the comparable US job. Then there's moving to England, and the EU-related red tape. I love visiting the UK, but I'd nev…

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Re: Facebook at Work

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Post by nailer »

wyclif wrote: post #243
djhn wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do UK engineers command salaries anywhere near SV level though?

No, they don't on average. This has been discussed many times on HN. Apps like this are outsourced to UK offices to keep budgets low. I routinely get offers and recruiter calls from the UK, I usually don't respond to them because I know they can't match US salaries because none of them ever have for the comparable US job. Then there's moving to England, and the EU-related red tape. I love visiting the UK, but I'd nev…

For the same price as a grad in the US, you can get an Impbridge post doctorate with 3 years post-doc experience. Get US investors, but hire engineers in UK.

Re: Facebook at Work

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Post by frostmatthew »

kriro wrote: post #165

I've seen a couple of the "let's bring social networks to the workplace" products and quite frankly none have impressed me so far. The real problem is not providing great technology but actually getting people in corporate environments to use it in a meaningful way. These projects usually end in the same manner...network is rolled out, used for a couple of weeks and fades into obscurity rarely used (and often leaving…

> The real problem is not providing great technology but actually getting people in corporate environments to use it in a meaningful way.

At VMware we use SocialCast[1] (not sure if we used it before we bought them or not, that was before my time) and it's certainly used in a "meaningful way". Not everyone in the company uses it regularly but certainly more than enough for a sufficient critical mass that if you have a question you can ask it in the appropriate group(s) and you'll most likely have an answer within hours (and often minutes).

[1] http://socialcast.com/

Re: Facebook at Work

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Post by paulyg »

mattlutze wrote: post #188
droopybuns wrote: post #173

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The user experience of SharePoint is so bad that MS should consider pursuing a patent for "a method for shitposting deterrence."

You'll need to qualify that critique, because the SharePoint installs I've consulted on have ended up with quite a high acceptance and use rate and have seen employees self-elect (without forcing them) to stop using email and shared drives for file collaboration). It's possible your experience with SharePoint was more an issue with who configured it. Or that you're thinking of SP2007?

SharePoint is really good for shared files. But that is what it was created for. It is called Microsoft Office SharePoint. If you turn on Publishing Pages you can make is work as in intranet portal. But you have to work at it, there is a bit of friction involved in doing something as seemingly simple as making a webpage. The issue tracker/tasks feature is... "usable". I wouldn't use SharePoint for anything else than those features.

P.S. I've been involved in rollouts (as a subsite admin, not IT) of SP2007 and SP2013.

Re: Facebook at Work

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Post by Nicholas_C »

nocman wrote: post #156
kaushikt wrote: post #152

We've used "Facebook for Work" at work. It is highly distracting in IMO. One of the best productivity hacks is to never log into Facebook or any social accounts when at work. Now, we are working on it which keeps sending you notifications all day long and especially over the weekend. You like or comment saying - "Awesome, well deserved." The 100 people are going to do the same too. It's super annoying. This and the f…

Personally, I would say that "One of the best productivity hacks is to never log into Facebook" -- EVER! :-D

Not logging into HN is also a good one.

Re: Facebook at Work

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Post by perlpimp »

Splitting domains of operation spurs need to sort people and interactions between domains. I worry about stuff leaking from my work account to "social" and vice versa. I do not organize my contacts in skype and I do not want to tag my friends into fb work. Facebook has been one of those enterprises that have sidestepped this problem by "tell me what school and when you have attended and I will tell you that you can message your alumni" type thing.

About.me is in trend where resumes aren't enough anymore - people use it tell about themselves as human beings not corporate drones. Maybe this is the continuation of this trend. Friends(humans first not employees) working on cool things.

Re: Facebook at Work

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Post by Spooky23 »

jka wrote: post #104
Spooky23 wrote: post #96

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Actually, a big part of the utility of Yammer is early detection of crazy people. It's also good to spot talent. We use this stuff for outreach and the "consulted", "informed" parts of RACI projects. Works well.

What are the situations where Yammer can help in terms of detecting troublesome employees? That's an interesting use case / benefit.

People write amazingly crazy things in a public forum. One guy wrote and posted a 40 page manifesto about why we should replace PCs with 3270 terminals. (Not kidding)

A support guy posted ASCII dick pic art in the all company forum.

We had some Bernie Sanders v. Ron Paul showdowns.

Overall, it has been really good. It's the go-to place for general HR questions. It's a great place to solicit testers and feedback. Definitely a net positive.

Re: Facebook at Work

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Post by softawre »

spdustin wrote: post #95

So... Yammer? FB Work: Groups help you make decisions and keep your team on the same page. Yammer: Organize all your team communication in one place with Yammer Groups. Create a single destination for your messages, files, and updates, where everyone has a view of what's going on without all the usual back-and-forth. FB Work: Get through to the people you need right away with Work Chat. Yammer: Spend less time crafti…

I work at ININ, we have a similar product, though we layer contact-center functionality on top of it (and we have a lot of other features too).

https://www.inin.com/unified-collaboration

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