Post-patch and now I’m paying EVERY driver and affiliate on the grid

Well, that’s destroyed my save. Logged in post-patch, played a couple of months in game and then got a bunch of cost cap warnings (was previously well under the cap). I had no idea what was happening until I saw the monthly staff survey email and every driver and affiliate driver on the grid is apparently on staff. End of year one on a newly created team. I don’t have a save to revert to….absolute bullshit.

EDIT: oh wow, this blew up unexpectedly. The cost cap issues coincided with both the patch and the driver/affiliate email, so I assume they are related. I can’t get back to the game for about 12 hours as I’m away from my PC but will try to get answers to people’s questions then.