company person
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6.9
- noun
- As a true company person, she always puts the interests of the organization before anything else.
Examples
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His colleagues viewed him as a company person because he never questioned management's decisions.
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It's sometimes difficult for a company person to relate to coworkers who disagree with corporate policies.
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She is a true company person!
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Many company people prioritize their jobs over personal relationships.
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As a true company person, she always puts the interests of the organization before anything else.
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His colleagues viewed him as a company person because he never questioned management's decisions.
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It's sometimes difficult for a company person to relate to coworkers who disagree with corporate policies.
Synonyms
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7.2
A worker who supports the employer instead of helping fellow workers
How Loyal
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.