Company Man Essay

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Workaholics The writer of the article “The Company Man” is author Ellen Goodman. Ellen was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1941. Ellen attended college at Radcliffe College and graduated with a Bachelors degree in 1963. The writer got her first job in journalism at Newsweek where she was a reporter and researcher. She then moved on to the Detroit Free Press and become a feature writer. Ellen joined on the Boston Globe and became a columnist and feature writer. The article “The Company Man” describes the bad sides of corporate America. Corporate America encourages the individuals that work for them to spend more time working for them while unknowingly losing touch with their family, friends, and loved ones. Author Goodman describes how Phil’s main focus is on his work, which leads to him to neglecting: himself, family, and social circles. Phil, being the workaholic that he is has not given a second look at himself. “He always ate egg salad sandwiches at his desk. He was of course, overweight, by 20 or 25 pounds (Goodman par 5). This comment displays how Phil was not attentive to his personal being. Taking better care of him self would possibly lead to longer life. In the article “ The Company Man” Phil, lost touch with his family. His wife realized that there connection was lost for years. “Missing him all these years, she must have given up park of herself which had cared too much for the man” (Goodman par. 8). Once a person realizes that there loved one cares more about work then their personal relationship, letting go of the relationship becomes easier. Phil’s wife in the article already missed him for several years so Phil’s passing in his wife’s eyes he was already gone. Social circles seem to be unimportant to phil. He works day in and day out to achieve his corporate America status. However, failing to

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