Original Commentary
Is Kimberly acting like her mother? A bit. Neither of them has much faith in the employees. Kimberly is kinda justified, since there are a decent number of people taking days off. Perhaps Ms. Taylor had a similar incident when she first took control.

So how bad is the staffing situation? That's been left a bit vague. The company is functional. Some departments are kinda hurting. Most of the people who took time off had vacation days coming to them, but Ms. Taylor wouldn't let them take it. A few of them didn't have vacation time but figured they could get away with it - Terrence

Modern Commentary
I mean, she's being mean but I don't think she's wrong. Brisbane trusts Dan, but Brisbane trusts everybody... - Terrence