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Also: A Substack comms pro takes heat for her swipe at Twitter employees in her message about open roles at the organization.
Hello, communicators:
Substack’s VP of comms faced backlash this week after tweeting that Twitter employees should think twice before applying to the jobs with Substack:
Substack is hiring!
If you’re a Twitter employee who’s considering resigning because you’re worried about Elon Musk pushing for less regulated speech… please do not come work here.
— Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey) April 5, 2022
Lulu Cheng Meservey’s tweet prompted criticism of the take — and of Substack as a whole.
https://twitter.com/seankent/status/1511431758801260545
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1511525811454623747
As a communications professional, what kind of message does this send? You could just advertise your openings without insulting people, who do not see the situation in the same way that you do. This isn't in the spirit of debate that you're stating you support.
— Summer Brennan (@summerbrennan) April 5, 2022
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