Meaning of company man | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male employee who has a great—and often, in the view of others, an excessive—commitment to serving the interests of the organization which employs him.
2. A spy or other operative of an intelligence service, especially the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency.
3. A male homosexual.

Examples

“[B]oth sides accuse him of favoring the other. Certain players have accused him of being a company man.”

“What was expected of men, it seemed, was to be a company man. Foster (1969:156) refers to this as the assumption that "achievement of organizational goals represents the highest value."”

“"He was an old-fashioned company man. He lived and breathed Columbia Pictures."”

“Like virtually every other director in the '30s and '40s, Ford was obliged to be a company man, rankling under his boss's gaze.”

“But many say he nevertheless is more in the mold of the quiet, no-questions-asked company men who built the C.I.A. in the 1960's and 70's and ran it in the 80's.”

“Body of Lies is set in the grim and violent world of Middle East counter-terrorism. Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) is the CIA’s man on the front line. . . . His every move is instructed and monitored by his boss Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe), a fast-talking and amoral company man running the war on terrorism via satellite.”

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