eh. Any time someone uses a phrase like "is in the best interests of the company" I think of the movie "Office Space".
You see, every company has a culture, and culture is much more than slogans. If from the very beginning the employee felt like he couldn't speak up "because it was not in his job description" then there's something deeply wrong about the culture, slogan or not.
Yeah, I was hoping to find an article about giving your employees more autonomy and letting them work on projects that interest them. The title was slightly misleading to me.
You see, every company has a culture, and culture is much more than slogans. If from the very beginning the employee felt like he couldn't speak up "because it was not in his job description" then there's something deeply wrong about the culture, slogan or not.