My old boss was the junior guy in a department that was guilty of doing some illegal things. Since he was so junior, he was the only person not involved.
He got called into an office by the big bosses and asked if he wanted to head of the department. He, of course, said yes. They said good. Your first job is to fire everybody in the department.
He had to call all his seniors in one by one and shitcan them. This was a major department at a major company.
He was a legend and the best boss I ever had. Super fare and super loyal to his employees. The people he fired were crooks and he never looked back.
Great feel-good story.