We can perhaps now just shorten it to "the man". I think at one point it was generally used to refer to exciting tech companies where people got paid really wel

We can perhaps now just shorten it to "the man". I think at one point it was generally used to refer to exciting tech companies where people got paid really well and had an almost unreasonable standard of employment (meals provided for them etc). For the most part those companies have grown up and stuff like free coffee and fruit has become the standard across most offices.