When I complained that my weekly articles were not appearing in The Malaysian Insider, as agreed. This is the response I recieved.
Dear Yusuf,
I have been regretfully assigned to advise you that it appears that
The Malaysian Insider is not the right fit for you. I am sorry you
feel that we have wasted your time when we do not publish your column
on Saturdays... as a news site, it is the call of the editors and
management as and when to use what articles they see fit for a certain
day.
Perhaps it is best that we part ways while everything is still
amicable. We would like to thank you for contributing and wish you all
the best in the future. All payments outstanding will be cleared as
soon as possible. We will be uploading your latest soon, as it is
about Merdeka.
Thank you and regards,
3 comments:
Sorry to hear that, Yusuf. At least you're getting paid... but are you getting paid for the ones that didn't get publishes as well?
Were getting paid, past tense. I'm no longer with The Malaysian Insider so not getting paid now. No you do not get paid for those not published - that was my concern.
I spent 3 days a week researching. writing and re-writing for TMI 1,000 words and then they decide not to print and I am out of pocket 3 days, end up with it not published and have done the work for nothing.
How unprofessional of them! I hope you'd get to use those articles elsewhere though.
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