Are you now, or have you ever been a "company man?"?

Uhm. I work for a bank. I think I’d be lynched if I wore company-branded clothing and sang the praises of my company wherever I went. :-P

For a long time I was that way. I acted as if the company would give back what I gave it. I slowly got disillusioned over the years, and I learned to think about myself first.

If you consider the US Army a “company” in this context, yes. Actually my loyalty (by oath) was to the defense of the United States.

Being a police officer for so many years, i was always on the lookout for people i thought would make good police officers. i would try to encourage certain people to fill out the application papers. did i have to do this? no. was i a company man? no. but, i did my job and recruiting new police applicants, just seemed natural to me. why did i do this? i knew that someday i would be retired and i wanted the best person possible to fill my shoes.

I am a company man every time I cash my paycheck.

I sold my soul to Sears for about 10 years. Then I saw them start spitting out the bones of those who had given even more than me. They took a huge chunk of flesh out of me and I knew I had to get out before they destroyed me too.
Now I’m self employed.

I used to buy into it years ago, now I realise I was doing all the work that kept certain people in a job who weren’t too concerned with the companies success but rather their own, I’ve been let down too many times by our glorious Teflon management team who always seem to escape unscathed when something goes drastically wrong… Still I can’t complain, up to now I’m still in work, I do fully support my company just not the management that are constantly wasting money making bad decisions the same team who surround themselves with enough dead wood, should the axe fall they again will remain untouched.. Such is life!!! :-/ I’ll not kill myself for them….
I work for me now even though they pay my wage, if you know what I mean! ;-)

Yes I was this person, but I was female! I lived for my company, believed in it, I was my career all those things. I realized though, it’s a complete and utter toss way to live your life, and I am not sure I would do it again. Because ultimately my company kicked me up the butt. I learned one valuable lesson “We are not our jobs” sounds simple but think about it, really think about it. To me it was about getting my own personality back and believing in me instead of a brand. Not easy I can tell you.

Only if I whole-heartedly believe into what the company is doing – this has never happened because no organization is flawless…I have criticism and praise for the organization I work for now and if I felt they were doing something unethical, I would go against them

Yes, I have to…it’s my job and I love it!!

After 22 years in the military, I guess I’m a company man for the Department of Defense. I still don’t have my own company vehicle and expense account though. I could have sworn I earned those by now.

I work for the Phone Company.
When I worked for Ma Bell, it was Death Before Divestiture!
When I worked for a baby Bell, I felt I was making a substantial impact on the stock, and worked my butt off.
When we were bought out by SBC, I began feeling less respected, and redoubled my efforts to help the company.
We are now AT&T again. I have no illusions that I have little impact on the company stock, but I still own a lot of it.
I am a company man, but I feel like the company whore.

I have never been a “company man”. When I used to work retail, I never cared about the store’s success. Mind you, I did my job to my utmost because of two things…my work ethic, and my loyalty to my store manager. One of those, or both (usually) was sufficient for me to always go the extra mile. Now, although I’m not that crazy about my current boss, I find that my care for the students I work for is sufficient to inspire me from day to day.