Again, we get the reoccurring symbolic parallel between being a worker for a Black Company and being a zombie in that you're a mindless drone following orders with little free will, just consuming day in and day out with little happiness or joy. It's a great reoccuring image and central metaphor to the work, though it makes the idea that confessing his love in the first chapter to the zombie girl to finally rid himself of all ties to the black company kinda pointless.