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After three generations, Katherine Hastings is the first female and non-"Payne" in the role of CEO at the Detroit automobile manufacturer, Payne Automobiles, she poached from a job as CEO at a pharmaceutical company. She was not an obvious choice as she has no interest in or knowledge of automobiles, including not holding a valid driver's license, that lack of knowledge which may be a benefit or a negative. Her role as CEO also may have its challenges in dealing with a senior staff that is comprised mostly of those in a different mindset in being a generation younger than her, each who has his or her own motivation, largely driven by his/her supposed place in the company. That motivation may also factor into the fact of Katherine, especially for Wesley Payne, the last member of the family in a senior position, he who saw the CEO job as his in his own unawareness that he is really dead weight at the company.
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Episode 1
Tue, Jan 24, 202322 mins
The early days of the crisis surrounding the company's decision not to issue a recall of the Hydra in light of the defective pawls installed coming to light publicly is shown. One possible option is still to issue a recall just to be on the safe side and despite the financial cost to the company. Ian, the crisis manager hired, expects the crisis to be short lived as he would be able to nip the problem in the bud, some aspects out of his hands as Sadie "sort of" volunteers to handle the press conferences in light of his recommendation that it not be Katherine. The other senior staff display how they deal with the stress of the situation, the one person who doesn't seem to be affected by the stress being Katherine despite her job probably on the line if the team can't quash the bad publicity and the resulting tumbling share prices. The initial view of the team is predicated on the fact that nothing bad has yet happened to a customer of the Hydra because of the defective part, which if that were to occur would probably change the face of the crisis.






