How Does Goodman Use Situational Irony In The Company Man

The protagonist, Phil, of Goodman’s “The Company Man” lives a bittersweet life. He is described as a man who overworks himself six of seven days a week and has no hobbies whatsoever. He doesn’t have a life for himself anymore, and had taken his job as priority, to the point where he became one of six vice presidents, and was one of three possible people to take the President's chair. Within the essay “The Company Man” written by Goodman, demonstrates a critically detached attitude towards Phil using repetition, and situational irony.
While the story progresses the author makes it very clear that the protagonist had a choice through the repetitive use of certain phrases explaining the narrator’s attitude. The beginning started with the phrase,