The management consulting firm has delivered a strategic review recommending the architects of the apocalypse eliminate one position to streamline end-times operations.
According to a slide deck presented to senior eschatological stakeholders on Tuesday, the historic four-rider structure is bloated and heavily siloed. Consultants found that deploying both systemic crop failure and rampant global disease creates unnecessary internal friction, as the two divisions frequently cannibalize each other's target demographics. The proposed reorganization would eliminate the Black Horse entirely, liquidating its associated scales and agricultural disruption assets to free up capital for the White Horse's expanding conquest operations.
Analysts at the consulting firm highlighted the mounting logistical costs of maintaining four distinct equine transportation fleets. By pivoting to a three-rider model, the apocalyptic supply chain can reduce feed and maintenance overhead by a quarter, a critical margin given recent spikes in the price of brimstone and the very global grain shortages the group is tasked with creating.
When your core quarterly mandate is to wipe out a third of the earth's population, paying two separate executives to address the exact same mortal KPIs just isn't a responsible use of shareholder value.
The proposed headcount reduction has already generated friction within the existing leadership suite. Death, the only rider granted absolute tenure under the new roadmap, has reportedly threatened a walkout over being asked to absorb the remaining disease deliverables without a commensurate title bump. War, meanwhile, has hastily attempted to demonstrate his ongoing value by shifting focus away from traditional mechanized infantry conflicts and pivoting entirely to high-margin cyber warfare.
The right-sizing initiative is expected to take effect immediately following the breaking of the sixth seal. McKinsey noted in regulatory filings that its $85 million fee for the six-week engagement will be paid entirely in the harvested souls of the unrepentant, a standard billing arrangement for its global public sector practice.