kate congerVerifizierter Account

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 …

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

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

yes, this is another Goog or FB special. I'm honestly curious why that's preferred vs the name of the person. like what the strategy is

Amazon too

word. one thing i have been told recently is that they fear direct naming b/c of harassment and safety reasons. im not sure i agree with this position though, as someone who attaches my name to literally every piece of writing and statements i produce