I've been talking a lot on here about the labor issues the gig economy is facing during the coronavirus outbreak, which means I've gotten a lot of requests from these companies to talk on background. A reminder of my policy on this:https://twitter.com/kateconger/status/1227241059542913025 …
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Antwort an @kateconger
google and facebook popularized "can we talk on background with quote approval" and now PR folks at agencies basically try to make this commonplace it becomes way easier when you do exactly this and create a policy — "sorry, i dont do quote approval!" and usually they cave
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Antwort an @MikeIsaac @kateconger
what really irks me is assuming you'll be okay with it. i showed up to a meeting once and they tried to set those terms right before it started. had to threaten to walk out the way the industry has grown too comfortable with coziness makes sense why they feel so whiplashed now
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Antwort an @MikeIsaac
yeah, had to remind a comms person today that they were on record until we made an agreement otherwise and they pretended to be surprised! like, when has that not been a norm?
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Antwort an @kateconger
that said i think background conversations are useful, and I do have them often! what i dont think is helpful at all is dipping in and out of what one should quote. it's basically helping to write a script.
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yeah, I get really frustrated with the implied assumption that I should be manipulable and peacefully go along with being manipulated
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