Recently, Conde Nast has implemented a policy that prohibits laid-off employees from WIRED and Pitchfork from engaging in freelance work for any of its publications for a TBD amount of time. This decision has sparked criticism and calls for fair treatment from the affected writers and the broader community. The policy has been labeled as the Worst New Policy, highlighting the negative impact on both the writers, who lose a potential revenue stream, and the publications, which lose out on contributions from experienced, award-winning journalists. The layoffs were described as brutal, with no specific reasons given for the termination of these essential, hardworking employees.
Several recently laid off employees from WIRED and Pitchfork have been told they can't engage in freelance work for @CondeNast publications. This is deeply unfair, and hurts BOTH these writers and the publications. #IStandWithCondeContracted #P4KWired
Today a bunch of us are highlighting this @CondeNast policy, which dictates laid off employees can’t freelance for any Condé Nast publications. Former Pitchfork part-time workers were paid extra for features and reviews, now they’ve lost a revenue stream. https://t.co/LQ2yxLruKL
after a brutal round of layoffs at WIRED and Pitchfork, former staffers were that they can't freelance for ANY @CondeNast publications for a TBD amount of time at the table, management says "no one likes to do layoffs," yet they choose to carry them out as cruelly as possible
.@CondeNast laid off the most essential, hardworking, award-winning writers from Pitchfork and Wired and gave no reason. Now they're prohibiting those people from writing for the company at all. Join us in calling for their fair treatment #IStandWithCondeContracted #P4KWired
.@CondeNast not allowing laid off employees to freelance for any of its brands is named Worst New Policy🏆#IStandWithCondeContracted #P4KWired