I think sometimes they are paid to do what from outside looks like bad s** on purpose. Like transitioning a company from public to private or other weird things

I think sometimes they are paid to do what from outside looks like bad s** on purpose. Like transitioning a company from public to private or other weird things like that. You need someone that can put their face, that "shows up" even if it's kind of obvious where it will lead to - the article calls this "constraints". Imagine being hired exactly with the purpose of doing a bad job that nobody wants to do. You need to offer an incentive for doing such a thing. Or it's just sheer incompetence. I just can't believe that someone can get paid 20 millions or so for crushing a company.