Quote Originally Posted by Tavar View Post
Retainer Agreements are something that exists in real life.

Also, dying to the thing was only one goal. The other goal, and more important one, was to test the device to the limits of its capabilities, to see which areas could be improved upon. Neither of which were specified to him, but then they were lying to him.
Sure retainers exist, but the question is whether it was actually a valid job or just part of a con. Or even if there's a distinction between the two.

And I don't think Syndrome really had testing in mind. Remember some of his quotes:

"Surprising, we must bring him back."

"You know, I went through quite a few supers to get it worthy to fight you, but man, it wasn't good enough!"

I think he honestly meant for Mr. Incredible to die. So if the entire job offer was a ruse, was he actually earning a paycheck? Or was Syndrome just giving him money as part of a larger plot?