Putti built and launched a COVID-19 employee engagement app for Fletcher Building, one of the largest listed companies in New Zealand, in under a week. Powered by Putti's Team Safe platform, the app now supports 7,000 staff across New Zealand and Australia with push notifications, daily health check-ins and custom FAQs.
How fast was it launched?
Putti met Fletcher Building on 27 March via video call. Interested in Putti's newly launched Team Safe app, the Fletcher team tried the demo, and by 3pm the same day the project was signed off. Two days later the prototype was ready, and on 2 April Fletcher Building launched its COVID-19 Support Hub across New Zealand.
What was the opportunity?
Driven by the COVID-19 outbreak, Fletcher Building wanted an easy way to maintain employee engagement and staff wellbeing while New Zealand went into lockdown. Clear communication mattered during a stressful, uncertain time for staff across both New Zealand and Australia. Putti's Team Safe app answered immediately, offering mobile push notifications, daily health check-ins and custom FAQs on a platform tailored to Fletcher's needs while adapting quickly to government-mandated restrictions.
How did the build come together?
From project sign-off, Putti and Fletcher used an agile approach to quickly build, test and improve the prototype. Video calls were spent productively, and the two teams collaborated closely to get the COVID-19 Support Hub launched and ready for full roll-out within a single week.
The result
Following the New Zealand launch, Fletcher Building rolled the app out to staff across Australia. Today it has 7,000 active users across both countries. Used daily by thousands of staff, the COVID-19 Support Hub lets Fletcher's management teams communicate directly with their people and keep wellbeing front and centre, an example of Putti responding to a crisis at enterprise speed.
Key metrics
- 7,000 active users across New Zealand and Australia
- Prototype ready in two days
- Full roll-out within one week
Our people are dispersed throughout the country and different kinds of worksites and workplaces, but largely at home recently, so it's invaluable being able to connect through such an accessible and flexible tool.