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by dotBen 4764 days ago
com·pa·ny noun:

a : association with another

b : companions, associates

c : a group of persons or things

d : a chartered commercial organization or medieval trade guild

e : an association of persons for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise

You are your company. That's the very definition of the word. One might be given a dispensation to the evil-by-association if you were working at Burger King because that's the only job you could get.

But you're presumably an incredibly smart and capable (and thus sought after) tech professional who could no doubt have placed his labor wherever he chose.

2 comments

To be honest, "company" is an association of shareholders. I don't think this definition covers or should cover employees.

Agree with your overall point though.

If you are the company, but the company is not you (assuming other employees and shareholders), but the company is a person itself, does this mean that you and the company are conjoined siblings?