Alternatively: Squeezekill CEO
A killsqueeze CEO is the boss of a company (Chief Executive Officer) – often appointed by a big multicorporate enterprise that owns the subordinate company – who's job it is to finish and/or rush out a product the company is known for (often a video game) to create revenue and profit for the superordinate multicorporate enterprise as soon as possible, after which the company is closed down and the employees are either fired or transferred to another position within the multicorporate enterprise.
This often involves threatening employees with the closure of the company or losing their jobs if they don't perform as asked, pressuring them to compete with each other and do excessive work hours ("crunching"). Ironically actually achieving the goals set by the killsqueeze CEO usually won't change the company's fate. After the company is closed down, the killsqueeze CEO receives compensation by the superordinate multicorporate enterprise or is given another job or position within that multicorporate enterprise while the employees are being fired or transferred to save costs and maximize profit of the product.
Killsqueeze CEO's are often appointed if a game studio underperforms and takes too long to make a video game, threating a financial loss for the publisher (= multicorporate enterprise). They're being appointed to rush out the game in an unfinished state to allow people to buy it (often as falsely labelled "Early Access").
A killsqueeze CEO is the boss of a company (Chief Executive Officer) – often appointed by a big multicorporate enterprise that owns the subordinate company – who's job it is to finish and/or rush out a product the company is known for (often a video game) to create revenue and profit for the superordinate multicorporate enterprise as soon as possible, after which the company is closed down and the employees are either fired or transferred to another position within the multicorporate enterprise.
This often involves threatening employees with the closure of the company or losing their jobs if they don't perform as asked, pressuring them to compete with each other and do excessive work hours ("crunching"). Ironically actually achieving the goals set by the killsqueeze CEO usually won't change the company's fate. After the company is closed down, the killsqueeze CEO receives compensation by the superordinate multicorporate enterprise or is given another job or position within that multicorporate enterprise while the employees are being fired or transferred to save costs and maximize profit of the product.
Killsqueeze CEO's are often appointed if a game studio underperforms and takes too long to make a video game, threating a financial loss for the publisher (= multicorporate enterprise). They're being appointed to rush out the game in an unfinished state to allow people to buy it (often as falsely labelled "Early Access").
Mr. Satoutsi is being appointed as a killsqueeze CEO to Unknown Planets Game Studios effective immediately to rush the development of "Underwater Party 2" and release it in an unfinished state to make people buy the game early and compensate the losses of the studio - which has been in development hell according to insiders.
by eloquent_evolution July 4, 2025
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