I hadn't seen this "smiling corporate killer" movie before, but two TV shows popped into my mind as I watched a YouTube review of the movie.

Trope #1: "Cheers" Season 3, Episode 21. "The Executive's Executioner": Norm Peterson is caught off the job by his boss and, in lieu of being fired, is assigned the "corporate killer" job. His first "you're fired!" assignment brings out the heart and soul of our favorite Barfly, leaving the pink-slipped employee thankful and hopeful. As time goes by, Norm loses both heart and soul, as Diane Chambers points out, which leads him to call the office to quit, only to be greeted with screams from the about-to-be-fired. Norm decides to use this "corporate killer" overcoat one last time, and calls his boss, cackling all the way.

Trope #2: Any Rod Serling "The Twilight Zone," where the twist ending bites the character especially hard, as in "Time Enough At Last."

The "job terminator" in this film is OK with his life, since he possesses neither heart nor soul, "throwing people out the front door" with an air of indifference. A series of changes in his personal and corporate life force him to count the costs of his mobile lifestyle. Unable to focus, he reaches out to a possible life partner, only to be brought down to Earth with a thud. As he heads back to his mobile life, he comes to the airport flight information board. I (almost) expected to see Rod Serling walk into camera range, to inform us that the "corporate killer" may travel anywhere, but he is going nowhere, thanks to his detour into "The Twilight Zone." (Or to a Mexican beach, where he can spend time working on a derelict boat, waiting for another, former "corporate killer" to come to his senses.;)