| 单词 | company man |
| 释义 | > as lemmascompany man company man n. (a) U.S. Mining a worker employed by the day (cf. dayman n. 1a) (now historical); (b) originally U.S. a man loyal to the company for which he works, esp. one regarded (by other employees) as excessively enthusiastic or uncritical in his loyalty.In quot. 1921 also: (a) a man suspected of spying on union members on behalf of an employer; (b) any salaried employee. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > subordinating personal life company man1873 subbotnik1920 organization man1956 org-man1961 corporate man1971 the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person > employee company man1873 1873 Rep. Inspectors of Mines Anthracite Coal Regions Pennsylvania 1872 268 They employ 37 miners, 31 laborers, 19 drivers, 7 door-boys and 7 company men in the mine. 1879 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 11 Oct. 260/1 By ‘company men’ is meant men working for the company, on day-wages, as opposed to men on contract-work, or laborers employed by the miners. 1907 H. A. Worman in C. M. Woolley et al. Employer & Employee xxv. 177 He owes it to his employer..to be a company man as long as he accepts the company's pay checks. Nor should he leave his loyalty at the office or factory. 1921 Bull. Bureau Business Res. Harvard Univ. xxv. 17 Company Men. 1. Employees who are looked upon by some of their fellow workers as favoring too strongly the interests of the employer. 2. A term applied by union members to men who are engaged or suspected to be engaged by the employer for espionage; sometimes referred to ironically as ‘loyal workers’. 3. Salaried employees. 1969 Listener 24 July 125/3 One drawback of big companies like IPC is that they produce company men. 1969 Guardian 27 Sept. 9/8 The most dedicated ‘company man’..will tell you what a fool he has been to stay with the firm. 1997 M. Aldrich Safety First ii. 47 Service men were paid by the hour and termed ‘company men’ or ‘day men’. 2003 New Yorker 8 Sept. 99/1 The soul-smothering masquerade of being a company man. < as lemmas |
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