埃森企業是擁有九萬名員工的法國大型企業。某天一名財務分析師達瑪從企業總部頂樓一躍而下,結束了自己的生命。 當勞動部介入調查,人力資源部的經理艾蜜莉表示達瑪的死純粹是因為「私人因素」,只有艾蜜麗的秘書知道達瑪因為申請調職被拒一事,多次找過愛蜜莉,卻屢遭相應不理。勞檢員瑪麗的管區內有2500家公司,她的職責是維護三萬名員工的職業安全,她深信達瑪選擇在工作場所自殺就是一個警訊,鍥而不捨的她發現埃森內部一項名為「雄心計劃」的企業管理法,目的是藉由調職,就能不經由「資遣」,強逼九千名員工自動離職。如果能證明人事經理企圖逼走達瑪,艾蜜莉將面臨「職場霸凌」甚至是「過失殺人」的罪名,當埃森高層決定將一切罪名都推給艾蜜莉,小蝦米如何能對抗大鯨魚?艾蜜莉又該如何反擊呢?Emilie, one of the Human Resources Managers at the Esen multinational, has recently been chosen by her superior Stéphane Froncart for her elegant ruthlessness. She indeed has the ability to find the words which persuade employees or executives judged redundant to resign, even if it takes a long time before they give in. She performs her task without moral compunction until the day when one of the employees targeted, Didier Dalmat, kills himself by jumping out of the window of his office. Not only is she deeply upset by this tragedy but she soon realizes that the firm's top brass want to have her take all the blame.