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Sun's Open Work platform is recognized for enabling a more flexible, mobile, twenty-first-century workforce. The 14-year-old program is good for our employees and our bottom line because it helps save money on real estate, IT, travel, employee onboarding and relocation, and utilities.
The Open Work infrastructure also supports our business continuity and effective disaster-response efforts by enabling employees to rapidly disperse to work from anywhere on very short notice. The platform also helps us attract and retain the best talent. And employee surveys suggest that Open Work has a positive effect on productivity.
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Focus on Technologies, Workplaces, and Work Practices
Our technologies support mobility for employees to work from wherever their work takes them – on multiple operating systems and from any number of desktop, laptop, and mobile devices. Sun hardware, software, and network intelligence are crucial to the success of Open Work, providing secure access to information, data, applications, and services to support our mobile workforce.
To help employees work effectively across distances, collaboration tools and technologies — including new high-definition videoconferencing capabilities, enterprise-level virtual communities, and social networking — enable employees to stay connected with coworkers, customers, and partners.
In addition, Sun's mix of workplace types and locations supports a wide range of needs, enabling employees to work wherever their skills and knowledge can be most effectively deployed. Every employee interacts with a global workforce made up of Sun Assigned, Flexible, and Home Assigned employees. New work environments will encourage collaboration and flexibility, with open and interactive designs based on communities and neighborhoods.
Sun also offers online training for both employees and managers to address areas such as collaboration best practices, remote management, and staying connected to coworkers.
Challenges of Open Work
Open Work is not without challenges. In a recent internal survey, employees identified several key needs, which Sun's Leadership Team will act on in fiscal 2009:
- More stable, integrated, and automated productivity tools and applications
- Faster network and better equipment
- Better alignment of goals between groups
- Greater sense of being part of a team when working remotely
- Stronger ability to manage a mobile workforce
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