Nichols Benben heads the hip, new, up and coming Verdant Enterprises with a staff of Ivy Leaguer, exemplifying diversity in race and sexual identity. All would seem well, and it is until Michael Riley lands a job with Verdant because he mistakenly checked the wrong box on the application form. Out of his league and relegated to a remote cubicle in the back corner, Michael has time to think. Then Michael stumbles into the secret of Nicholas' success. With the aid of his long dead father and the very much alive co-worker Teresa, Michael stumbles onto the basis of Verdant's quick rise to the top. Together they reverse the fortunes of Nicholas Benben and all that he represents.