Employee 432

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And so he detoured through the maintenance section, walked straight ahead to the opposite door, and got back on track.

For Employee 432 in Ultra Deluxe, please visit Settings Person.

Employee 432's desk.

Employee 432 was one of Stanley's co-workers stationed in the building, having gone missing at a point prior to when Stanley is "awakened". A lot of easter eggs referring to Employee 432 can be found in The Stanley Parable: HD Remix.

Employee 432 notably doesn't have a computer on his desk, possessing merely a desk lamp and pencil sharpener. As confirmed by the developers during a livestream, Employee 432 is the Settings Person from The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.

Related Easter Eggs

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  432 is mentioned in the IndieBox Stanley Parable Manual as one of the characters, but no information about him is given.
• Taking the Cargo Lift to the other end of the Warehouse, walking up the stairs and standing on the boxes looking into room "B1", a wooden container full of pencil sharpeners with the number 432 on it can be seen.
  • 432 has a lot of pencil sharpeners, but there are only eight pencils in the game, belonging to the respective employees: 427 has three pencils, 434 has two, 436 has one, and present in the Confusion Ending, 006 has two.

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  There is a drawing of 432's desk and pencil sharpener on it in the Elevator Room under other piles of paper.
• In the Escape Pod ending, all the windows are facing Employee 432's desk.
• Employee 000's monitor from the Monitor Room displays Employee 432's desk.
• There is a paper in the Mind Control Facility to the left of the YES/NO buttons that say, "432 asked 431 for a pencil, 431, as per procedure, did not respond."
• On the Schedule Whiteboard in the meeting room, a meeting is planned on Friday 12:00AM–1:00PM with the title "WHAT TO DO ABOUT 432." and next to it is stated, "(don't tell 432 about the meeting)".

Employee Observation Protocol

Employee Observation Protocol.

On the tables in the Monitor Room - papers titled "Employee Observation Protocol" can be spotted, displaying the following text:

1A. If an Employee begins exhibiting unscheduled emotions immediately contact supervisor.

1B. Please note that Employee 432 is a test case - Procedure 1A need not apply.

2A. If an Employee attempts to leave the office via any non-scheduled means (E.G. window, vehicle, unsafe door) set Employee status to default and then back to their previous mode. If attempts to leave persist contact supervisor.

2B. If (despite adherence to Protocol 2A) an Employee somehow manages to leave the office during 'work hours' you must initiate Lockdown Procedure for that section immediately and without delay. This will create a temporary loop in system architecture that must then be closed by your immediate superior.

Some snippets from the other protocol papers state:

2C. If (despite adherence to Protocol 2A and Protocol 2B) an Employee leaves the office during 'work hours' and a system loop has failed you must Terminate.

2D. Please note that Employee 432 is a test case, while the need for Protocol 2A may seem unlikely - Procedure 2A to 2C need not apply. In the event of 432 attempting to leave the office contant supervisor and then contact 432 Prize Pool.

Data Points For 1112800:

432 - Showing signs of noncompliance. Do not adjust empathy values, HR is running another Prize Pool.

Confusion Ending

Daily Performance Review.

In the third restart of the Confusion Ending, a paper titled "Daily Performance Review of EMPLOYEE NUMBER: 432" can be found by following The Stanley Parable Adventure Line™ into a blue room with a "question mark" whiteboard in it, with the "432" written in blue pencil. The review is handwritten, in the same blue pencil, as followed:

Absurd, commonplace, HERETICAL, terrible at his job, knows nothing about where he is employed or what he is supposed to be doing. Questions authority at every turn and is unpleasant to be around.

He continues to ask stupid questions like "Where am I?" and "How do I get out of here" Is unhelpful when performing typical tasks and even when presented with the basest of tasks he simply questions it

Incredibly insignificant and pedantic.

Unorthodox and continues to attempt to "think outside the box".

I HATE him.

• Above the margins to the left, in all caps, the reviewer wrote again, "I HATE HIM!!!".
  • The paper strongly hints that Employee 432 is a non-conformist and isn't under the facility's Mind Control.
    • The reviewer also seems quite unprofessional and doesn't notice anything strange with the office.

Employee 432 Peer Reviews

Employee 432 Observation Report.

In the same ending and restart count, following the Line™ properly in the company archives room will have a non-euclidean corridor labeled "Employee 432 Peer Reviews" reveal itself, able to be stepped through by the player.

In Ultra Deluxe, a new paper is added to this location on top of a chair, as well as inside of the Vent Ending, titled "Employee 432 Observation Report", it reads:

Employee 432 Observation Report

Day 3208:
Asked for pencil. Pencil not provided.

Day 3209:
Asked for pencil. Pencil not provided.

Day 3210:
Began to speak rapidly, somewhat incoherently. “I must keep the wheel turning. Keep the wheel turning. It must go forever.” Repeated variants on these phrases for several hours.

Day 3211:
Continued speaking as before.

Day 3212:
Employee is missing. Cannot be located. Search efforts underway.

Day 3213:
Still unable to locate Employee.

Ultra Deluxe

• On the message box from the Dark Souls/Elden Ring Easteregg, "Appraisals 432" can be seen in the lower-right corner.

Trivia

• 432 can be divided by 8.
• In the Heaven Ending there are a total of 432 buttons.
• 3,212 days is exactly 8.8 years (about 8 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 2 days).
• In the Office event-driven programming language VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), Run-time Error 432 is referred to as “Filename or class name not found during Automation operation.” Meaning the name specified for file name or class in a call to the GetObject function could not be found. Thus, the number chosen likely references this Employee's mysterious disappearance.

Gallery

Daily Performance Review of Employee 432 as seen in the Confusion Ending.

"Someone" asking for a pencil from Employee 431.

A box full of pencil sharpeners, with the number 432 on it.

A drawing of 432's desk with the pencil sharpener on it, seen in the Long Office variation.

Employee 432 Peer Reviews room.

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