Syncing Work environment into a different Profile
I have multiple devices all using Firefox. Up to now, I had one Personal environment linked to a Firefox account and synced across all my personal devices, and a Work environment only locally stored in my work device.
I would like to connect my Work environment to my Firefox account as a separate Profile, in such a way that I can sync tabs across all my devices, but keep work-related bookmarks and add-ons separate.
This seemed exactly what the new Firefox Profiles introduced a few months ago are for. So on my work device, I renamed my default environment as a "Work" Profile, and logged-in to my Firefox account to sync it. My expectation was for it to sync as a different Profile, allowing me to switch to my default (Personal) Profile I have on my other devices.
To my surprise, the sync started merging my Personal and Work profiles together. I logged-off and deleted all my personal stuff. I was a bit bummed because wtf this should work, otherwise what are Profiles for?!
A solution to get what I want would be to re-create my Work environment as a separate Profile from the ground-up. But come on, there must be a better way?
(Also, if somebody could explain how the new Profiles interacts with about:profiles it would be helpful, as I understand they are two different things with the same name that adds to the confusion.)