Teleworking at a glance
Company: Sun
Program: Internally called iWork (not to be confused with Apple’s iWork trademark)
Primary equipment: Sun Ray thin clients
Percentage of employees who participate: Nearly 50% of Sun’s 33,000 employees worldwide.
Annual savings: $15 million in administrative costs, $2.8 million in power costs, $6.5 million on desktop updates and $68.9 million in reduced real estate
expenditures.
Productivity gains: Teleworkers on average work three more hours per day and give back 60% of their commute time to Sun.
Company: Nortel
Program: Comprehensive mobility
Primary equipment: Laptops equipped with VoIP software Percentage of employees who participate: 65% take regular advantage;
8% telework full time.
Annual savings: $18 million in phone costs via VoIP; $22 million in real estate costs.
Productivity gains: Average teleworker productivity is 15% higher.
Company: AT&T
Program: The virtual office
Primary equipment: Laptop or traditional desktop PC with VoIP software
Percentage of employees who participate: 90% of managers, with 30% full-time, 40% between one and five days per week, and 20% once or twice per year.
Annual savings: $30 million in reduced real estate costs.
Productivity gains: $150 million annually in extra hours of productive work from teleworkers.
