Facebook introduces 'Workplace'

Facebook (formerly known as Facebook at Work) is launching today and will be available to any organization who wants access (Note: organizations will apply via their website and will be connected to a member of the Workplace team).

They are coming out of beta with more than 1,000 organizations using Workplace worldwide, on every continent except Antarctica, and more than 100,000 groups already in use.

• Top 5 countries using Workplace are India, Norway, US, UK and France.
• Workplace is being used by organizations in every single continent except Antarctica.
• Workplace fulfills a key gap in the market – for people who don’t work at offices or at desks. These are retail workers, ship crews, baristas – all of whom did not have access to traditional workplace tools, but because our product is mobile – are driving adoption.

Few of the India Case studies

• YES Bank: https://fb.quip.com/QO5hAiaIDwHS
• Vision India Foundation: https://fb.quip.com/o2dzAZumAFtx
• UST Global: https://fb.quip.com/7lkvAHrllsYW
• BRAC (Bangladesh): https://fb.quip.com/Yyq4AR7e3Msi

S N Subrahmanyam, Deputy Managing Director & President, Larsen & Tourbo says,“ It’s a whole new paradigm in employee engagement! L&T @Work  is leading our thrust to digital. Technology is nothing without people and this platform reflects the perfect synergy of people driving technology. It has broken barriers, bridged distances, increased sharing and collaboration and suddenly humanized the entire organization. Improved productivity is a welcome byproduct and I’m certain that things will only get better as we move forward…together!"

NEW STATS

• More than 1,000 organizations use Workplace, compared to 450 organizations just 6 months ago, and 100 organizations about a year ago
• Over 100,000 groups have been created.
• The Workplace team at Facebook has grown significantly from a single team in London, to an international team across three continents - North America, Europe and Asia.

Other Info:

• Competitive Pricing. They are announcing a competitive pricing model that is based on a monthly fee per active user (so companies only pay for what they use). The more active users an organization has, the less they pay per user.
  • $3 USD first 1,000 monthly active users
  • $2 USD 1,001 – 10,000 monthly active users
  • $1 USD 10,000+ monthly active users
• Product enhancement
• Added significant number of features over the last 18 months including Multi-company Groups, Live, Reactions, Auto-translate, Video and group audio calling in Work Chat, Trending posts, Search filters and others
• Multi-Company Groups. These are shared groups that allow employees from multiple organizations to work together. All group members must be part of a Workplace community, and members from other companies won't be able to see any information from your company outside of the multi-company groups they are in with you.
• The Workplace Partner Program. This is a global ecosystem of partners, like Deloitte or Microsoft, to help their customers get the most out of their Workplace. (For more information on a recent Deloitte survey of C-level executives that shows why Workplace is important to the future of work, see deloittedigital.com/us/workplace.)

Workplace helps organizations collaborate better and makes it easier to get things done, all while using familiar Facebook features like News Feed, Groups, Chat, Live Video and more, and is mobile-first, so employees can use it to work with their colleagues from anywhere in the world.