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Do "fixers" like Winston Wolfe in Pulp Fiction actually exist in real life? How does one go about getting one or hearing about one? Are they all mob connected or something?
4 months ago by Don_Dickle to c/nostupidquestions
harmbugler 25 points 4 months ago
shittydwarf 34 points 4 months ago
Cosby, Trump, Weinstein and the like used fixers to silence victims with a combination of NDAs, intimidation, legal threats, having the national inquirer "buy" the stories and then lock them away, etc
mech 26 points 4 months ago
Yes, they exist. But pretty much only in the context of organized crime.
Outside of a criminal organisation, there's no way to gauge trustworthiness.
You'd hire one, they'll want payment in advance cause they don't know you, but then what keeps them from just disappearing with your money? It's not like you can sue them or leave a bad review.
CapuccinoCoretto 19 points 4 months ago
...and by organized crime, we must include business and politics. When doing business in other countries, especially the more corrupt, a local "fixer", aka consultant, will help you navigate the landscape. They ensure the right palms are greased.
Even straightlaced companies get stuck with it. Could be as simple as a bid-bond getting "lost".
Could be ensuring your staff have the correct security arrangements, like paying local gangs enough to get word to leave your people alone.
It takes on many flavours, depending on context. Sometimes they are part of a country's public service, or intelligence agency.
infinitevalence 17 points 4 months ago
Nearly any executive assistant is a fixer. Fixers are masters of figuring it out and using connections to make things happen.
hayvan 12 points 4 months ago
Fixers are all about connections. If you are rich enough, or politically important, you probably have a fixer. You wronged someone? Your son drove drunk and ran over someone? For the right price your fixer can make the problem disappear. It can be bribe, intimidation, settlement, or in the most extreme case, arrange an unfortunate accident.
chemical_cutthroat 9 points 4 months ago
As someone who was briefly involved in that lifestyle, they exist, but it isn't one person you call, it's a network of people you trust that have their own specialties.
twinnie 9 points 4 months ago
I always thought those concierges in fancy hotels act a bit like that. I’ve heard that guests can show up with weird rich person problems and be like “I need three gold Ferraris by 9pm” and the concierges will have to make it happen.
Nastybutler 4 points 4 months ago
Someone check OP's back seat for a dead body
fcuks 3 points 4 months ago
in a non-gangstery/political and more creative industries sense, fixers are also people who for example may know a city or country, who producers can turn to for local knowledge and connections, if the producer doesn't have their own connections that they need to do xxx yy zz
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Here's one. Definitely working for a crime family.
You get to hear about one when you're rich enough, because you can't become rich beyond a certain level without being a crook.
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