The Noose
Description
Season 1, Episode 8. The looming Great Recession has started to tighten credit at all levels. Companies are starting to crumble but the public doesn’t know it yet. An economic collapse will soon wipe out trillions of dollars in investments and cause massive unemployment. The Undertaker, older, hardened, is prepared for a long march through this corporate valley of death. In this episode he discusses how he changed his approach to dealing with crisis. He becomes CEO of a 105 year old furniture manufacturer that is in dire trouble. On this journey he confronts the Teamsters and Steel Worker’s unions and tries to wrap his arms around employees in five different States across America. The company is bleeding cash every week. He moves as fast as he can to keep it alive. Despite his best efforts, he still receives death threats. The dead and dying are never far from the Undertaker.