Admitting that his style is intimidating to some employees, Sun Microsystems Inc’s shoot-from-the-hip chairman, president and chief executive Scott McNealy told the Wall Street Journal that he operates an open electronic mail as well as an open-door policy, so that employees can criticise him without having to do it face to face: he says that some salesmen do tell him when he’s said something dumb during a sales call, and insists that he makes it known that I can’t stand a ‘yes’ person or someone who won’t tell you your fly is down – what good is someone who won’t tell you your fly is down?
