Hatchet man
Else clues• Bunyan, for one
• Downsizer
• Feller
• Lumberjack
• Lumberjack, at times
• Lumberjack, often
• One firing
• One who cans?
• Paul Bunyan, at times
• Pink-slip dispenser
• Pink-slip giver
• Ruthless boss
• Ruthless boss, maybe
• Ruthless boss, perhaps
• Ruthless personnel director
• Splitter who makes splinters?
• The one firing
• Woodsman, at times
• Woodsman, often