When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links user's personal emails, social media, banking and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company's modernity and activity.