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company person

company person

6.9
A person who is more loyal to their company than to their coworkers
  • noun
translation icon : persona leal a la empresa
  • As a true company person, she always puts the interests of the organization before anything else.

Examples

  • His colleagues viewed him as a company person because he never questioned management's decisions.

  • It's sometimes difficult for a company person to relate to coworkers who disagree with corporate policies.

  • She is a true company person!

  • Many company people prioritize their jobs over personal relationships.

  • As a true company person, she always puts the interests of the organization before anything else.

  • His colleagues viewed him as a company person because he never questioned management's decisions.

  • It's sometimes difficult for a company person to relate to coworkers who disagree with corporate policies.

Synonyms

company man
vscompany person
  • US
8 7.2

A worker who supports the employer instead of helping fellow workers

refers to any worker regardless of gender, not limited to one gender

How Loyal

devoted
80 3.4
company person
6.9
neutral
218 3.6
disloyal
30 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

company + person

The combination 'company' + 'person' clearly signals someone affiliated with or working for a company, so a B1 learner would likely infer it refers to an employee. However, the precise pragmatic nuance — that the person is especially loyal to the company rather than to coworkers — is a subtle, convention-driven meaning not fully predictable from the constituents, so it is not fully transparent.

Etymology

Company person may come from the simple image of a person standing with the company rather than with other workers. That's why it means 'an employee who is more loyal to their company than to their coworkers'.