Oddly enough, many of the expectations listed are not at all desirable. The following, quoted from the article, got me into trouble at a workplace:
• Employees will try to increase productivity in operations whenever possible.
Big no-no when management does not want to learn or is afraid of being left behind. (I ended up cutting half of my work week by retweaking stuff.)
• Employees will use tools, jigs, and the facility in general in a manner that minimizes wear and maximizes utility and safety.
In some of my tweaks I heavily cut down on use of paper and electricity. Also a big no-no for some reason. (Again, mostly because the steps above required learning.)
• Employees will operate machines and tools in a safe manner at all times.
Ever been told to fix something and you don't think it's safe? I go with, "If it's so safe, why don't you put your hand in there?" That usually shuts them up and brings them back to a reality where worker safety is a concern.
• Employees are expected and encouraged to maintain clear and open communication with management about unsafe or inefficient situations in the shop.
Attempts at disclosing severe security issues landed a firewall between me and the president. To this day the issue is still not fixed at the branches where I did not work.
• Employees are expected to keep an accurate time sheet, broken down by job and activity. This time sheet will be used for production metrics as well as for payroll purposes.
This is an issue because then they would actually have to pay you for the overtime that you have been working. Ever been told to not include overtime hour work in your reports and only do it orally?
• Tardiness or absenteeism
This is my favourite. A manager would often intercept me at a strategic location where he had arranged a clock to be set fifteen minutes AHEAD and where I would be told I was late. I had great fun choosing implausible alternate paths as he would try to do this regularly.
• Falsification of time and/or job time sheets
Now this one is why I actually quit. They regularly wanted me to cut an hour here and there off of the 'grunt' workers timesheets. (Archaic timesheet system written in a computer language you have never heard of, guaranteed.) I had issues with doing this.
• Behavior that is insulting, bothersome, or obnoxious to others
It's not quite clear what point you're trying to make here. This is a lot of text, and it's clear you intended to contribute to the discussion: can you clarify what you sought to contribute?
Not the poster you're replying to, but what I read it as was: many employers posts lists like this, but they are not necessarily "clear boundaries", because often they don't mean what you think the plain-English bullet point would mean. The most common one is that "safety is our #1 priority" type rules often have a very nuanced interpretation, with an unwritten subtext of, "but don't cause trouble by pointing out safety problems".
On the other hand, if the goal is to cover your ass, then broad rules that are somewhat ignored at management's discretion may be a feature rather than a bug.
Someone could use the article as a guide for what not to do in an attempt to increase job security. I was trying to illustrate that may not be always applicable. Some discretion gauging your work environment trumps the article.
(And it was a cathartic counterpoint. This guy sounds like a great employer.)
That you've worked in unethical businesses that flout the ideas behind these rules does not make the concept of the rules a bad thing. It's like saying we shouldn't have murder laws because people still get murdered.
• Employees will try to increase productivity in operations whenever possible.
Big no-no when management does not want to learn or is afraid of being left behind. (I ended up cutting half of my work week by retweaking stuff.)
• Employees will use tools, jigs, and the facility in general in a manner that minimizes wear and maximizes utility and safety.
In some of my tweaks I heavily cut down on use of paper and electricity. Also a big no-no for some reason. (Again, mostly because the steps above required learning.)
• Employees will operate machines and tools in a safe manner at all times.
Ever been told to fix something and you don't think it's safe? I go with, "If it's so safe, why don't you put your hand in there?" That usually shuts them up and brings them back to a reality where worker safety is a concern.
• Employees are expected and encouraged to maintain clear and open communication with management about unsafe or inefficient situations in the shop.
Attempts at disclosing severe security issues landed a firewall between me and the president. To this day the issue is still not fixed at the branches where I did not work.
• Employees are expected to keep an accurate time sheet, broken down by job and activity. This time sheet will be used for production metrics as well as for payroll purposes.
This is an issue because then they would actually have to pay you for the overtime that you have been working. Ever been told to not include overtime hour work in your reports and only do it orally?
• Tardiness or absenteeism
This is my favourite. A manager would often intercept me at a strategic location where he had arranged a clock to be set fifteen minutes AHEAD and where I would be told I was late. I had great fun choosing implausible alternate paths as he would try to do this regularly.
• Falsification of time and/or job time sheets
Now this one is why I actually quit. They regularly wanted me to cut an hour here and there off of the 'grunt' workers timesheets. (Archaic timesheet system written in a computer language you have never heard of, guaranteed.) I had issues with doing this.
• Behavior that is insulting, bothersome, or obnoxious to others
This post may qualify...