plant managers.
IT.
Legal.
And, apparently, nobody who actually understood payroll.
Harold opened the meeting.
“We’re experiencing a temporary processing issue.”
The CFO interrupted him.
“Temporary?”
“Yes.”
“How many employees?”
“We’re still determining that.”
The Pennsylvania plant manager spoke.
“We’ve already confirmed 412.”
The Kentucky manager said:
“Three hundred eighty-seven here.”
West Virginia:
“Two hundred ninety-one.”
Ohio:
“Unknown.”
The CFO went silent.
Then someone asked:
“Where is Madison?”
“She is on the call,” Harold said.
Madison cleared her throat.
“The issue isn’t necessarily the model.”
The room went quiet.
“What
