a hatchet man

(informal)

someone who is employed by an organization to make changes that people do not like The hatchet man is called in whenever a company needs to reduce its staff.

See bury the hatchet

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kiersten	-	English (Modern)
Consuela	[kɔn'sweilə]
Nosizwe	-	Southern African, Xhosa
Mattias	mah-TEE-ahs (German)	German, Swedish
Eija	AY-yah	Finnish
Oda	O-dah (German)	German, Ancient Germanic