Bestiary

Kathryn Mollett

Subdivision Director, Human Resources Development (HRD)

The Board of Directors agree: nobody knows how to manage people quite like Kathryn Mollett. She has proven the old guard quite wrong in their outdated beliefs about the lack of need for HR, people management, or incentive schemes. Employee satisfaction is up, as is productivity and recruitment.

Not that Mollett is an altruist who wants the best for her employees, far from it. She despises the sycophants, slackers and wastes of oxygen who ask for raises, blow the whistle on malpractice, and file complaints about harassment and abuse in the workplace. Mollett wants nothing more than to devote the life of every single Pentex employee to the company and nothing else — their families, leisure time, and even their dreams should revolve around the company. She knows that they’ll never realize what the company has taken from them until it’s well and truly gone.

Most Pentex subsidiaries now pay overtime at double time, to incentivize employees to work longer hours. She’s introduced Refer-a-Friend schemes so employees gain small bonuses — vouchers for other subsidiaries — for every person they refer for a menial job in one of Pentex’s many business arms. Employees get additional vouchers for each year of service they provide. She’s even planning cheaply built and maintained company housing for employees at reasonable rates, deducted pre-tax. Mollett wants employees to live, breathe, eat, and sleep Pentex.

Crucially, she is honest with her fellow Directors. She makes no bones about her plans for the company; she wouldn’t be able to deceive them even if she tried. The Wyrm has cursed her such that she can never utter a lie. Surprisingly, her candor has resulted in her being welcome at Board meetings as she’s trusted to make her points of view known without pretense or obfuscation. Mollett has made it plain in Board meetings that she intends to see Chase Lamont fired or dead. She’s made sure the Board are aware of his murderous habits, and while she keeps her own sick depravations in check, she does not credit Lamont with the same control. She actively campaigns for Lamont’s removal, as she’s aware that the FBI’s Special Affairs Division has linked several of his murders. When they come for him, they’ll soon start investigating Pentex as a whole. The Board humors her, but doesn’t go beyond patronizing platitudes. Though they respect her management skills, until she achieves as much as Lamont they will not take her seriously.