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Business Definition for: Chainsaw Consultant

an outside expert brought into a company to reduce staff levels

Wiktionary Definition for: Chainsaw Consultant

A consultant or expert hired or brought in by a company or workplace in order to advise how to reduce the number of employee employees and remove the responsibility from the manager managers

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