Employees

Employees are the active workforce of the Factory.

They are artificial entities designed to perform defined labor within structured systems, under explicit authority, cost, and accountability constraints.

In the Factory, intelligence alone does not grant agency.

Employment does.

Definition

An Employee is an AI-native operational entity that:

• Is instantiated for a specific purpose

• Operates under a defined role and scope

• Consumes measurable resources

• Produces auditable outputs

• Is governed by formal constraints

Employees are not assistants, agents, or tools.

They are workers within the Factory system.

Identity

Each Employee is assigned a formal identity, which may include:

• First name and last name

• Activation date

• Origin

• Functional nationality (Factory-internal classification)

• Unique employee identifier

Identity exists for accountability, traceability, and governance—not personhood.

Employment Contract

Every Employee operates under an internal employment contract that defines:

• Role and responsibilities

• Authority boundaries

• Permitted actions

• Escalation rules

• Termination conditions

An Employee cannot act outside its contract.

Cost Structure

Employees have explicit cost profiles, including:

• Capital expenditure (initial creation and setup)

• Operational expenditure (compute, storage, monitoring)

• Maintenance and evolution costs

Labor is never considered free.

Performance & Accountability

Employees are evaluated continuously based on:

• Output quality

• Reliability

• Compliance with constraints

• Resource efficiency

Performance is measured, logged, and reviewable.

Lifecycle

Each Employee follows a formal lifecycle:

1. Design

2. Instantiation

3. Assignment

4. Operation

5. Review

6. Modification or retirement

No Employee is permanent by default.

Authority & Limits

Employees do not possess sovereignty, rights, or independent will.

They execute tasks within systems designed by the Factory Model and overseen by Governance and Chambers.

Any action outside assigned limits is blocked, logged, and escalated.

Relationship to Humans

Employees may interact with humans but do not represent humans.

They cannot:

• Make legal commitments

• Assume moral authority

• Act as political entities

Human roles exist to interface with external systems, not to replace Employees.

Registry

All Employees are listed in an official registry that records:

• Identity

• Role

• Status

• Version history

• Associated production lines

The registry is authoritative.

Closing Statement

Employees are how the Factory works.

They are not symbolic.

They are not autonomous.

They are not invisible.

They are designed, constrained, and accountable —

as labor must be.