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I run a consulting company and if I decided to stop working for a client the right thing would be to give some explanation even if it's "We don't think your web

I run a consulting company and if I decided to stop working for a client the right thing would be to give some explanation even if it's "We don't think your website meets our quality bar". Almost 80% of the ads I see on Facebook are of similar quality. If they're trying to reduce low quality content on their platform, than they should just say that.

corobo 6y ago
Why open yourself up to a lawsuit though? If you say something that can't be solidly proven now you have to deal with lawyers
- JamesBarney 6y ago
  Because it's the right thing to do and I doubt it really has much influence on liability unless you say something like "we're not working with you because you're a black woman".
  - dstick 6y ago
    I watched a documentary called “Suits” a while back about a corporate legal firm and that convinced me that you are wrong. Those well dressed professionals will use anything you say against you in the court of law!
    - smarx007 6y ago
      https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1632701/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1632701/ is a documentary? I am afraid you failed to read the fine print ;) I think the average legalese boilerplate is along the following lines: All characters and events depicted in this film are entirely fictitious. Any similarity to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
      - ummonk 6y ago
        You're replying to obvious sarcasm.
        viro 6y ago
        Poe's Law
      - rs23296008n1 6y ago
        https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177789/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177789/ All "episodes of Galaxy Quest are true historical documentaries". Classic.
  - microtherion 6y ago
    Because of the scale at which Facebook operates, and the various antitrust etc investigations constantly surrounding it, they probably have every reason to be circumspect in such cases. As much as I am personally in favor of transparency, I can understand why Facebook thinks it's not in their best interest to communicate any reasons for severing business relationships. Anything they say can and will be used against them, and pretty much nothing they say will benefit them.
cwyers 6y ago
From the article, Shared.com and its subbrands already didn't have a relationship with Facebook, they had a relationship with "third-party contractors." They already had stopped working for them.
Closi 6y ago
Typically consultancy companies declining work will give a reason that maintains the relationship, which often isn’t the real reason. If you hate the people, that’s not the reason you tell them. You tell them you don’t have sufficient resource to provide the level of support you would want to put on the project, or that you don’t feel you can be price/quality competitive because of some factor and don’t think you are a good fit compared to your competitors. I would never tell a client that their website “doesn’t meet our quality bar” - that’s basically saying “we are too good for you” and I would personally think it’s incredibly condescending - just look at Berkshire Hathaways website!

corobo 6y ago

Why open yourself up to a lawsuit though? If you say something that can't be solidly proven now you have to deal with lawyers

JamesBarney 6y ago
Because it's the right thing to do and I doubt it really has much influence on liability unless you say something like "we're not working with you because you're a black woman".
- dstick 6y ago
  I watched a documentary called “Suits” a while back about a corporate legal firm and that convinced me that you are wrong. Those well dressed professionals will use anything you say against you in the court of law!
  - smarx007 6y ago
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1632701/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1632701/ is a documentary? I am afraid you failed to read the fine print ;) I think the average legalese boilerplate is along the following lines: All characters and events depicted in this film are entirely fictitious. Any similarity to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
    - ummonk 6y ago
      You're replying to obvious sarcasm.
      - viro 6y ago
        Poe's Law
    - rs23296008n1 6y ago
      https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177789/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177789/ All "episodes of Galaxy Quest are true historical documentaries". Classic.
- microtherion 6y ago
  Because of the scale at which Facebook operates, and the various antitrust etc investigations constantly surrounding it, they probably have every reason to be circumspect in such cases. As much as I am personally in favor of transparency, I can understand why Facebook thinks it's not in their best interest to communicate any reasons for severing business relationships. Anything they say can and will be used against them, and pretty much nothing they say will benefit them.

cwyers 6y ago

From the article, Shared.com and its subbrands already didn't have a relationship with Facebook, they had a relationship with "third-party contractors." They already had stopped working for them.

Closi 6y ago

Typically consultancy companies declining work will give a reason that maintains the relationship, which often isn’t the real reason. If you hate the people, that’s not the reason you tell them. You tell them you don’t have sufficient resource to provide the level of support you would want to put on the project, or that you don’t feel you can be price/quality competitive because of some factor and don’t think you are a good fit compared to your competitors. I would never tell a client that their website “doesn’t meet our quality bar” - that’s basically saying “we are too good for you” and I would personally think it’s incredibly condescending - just look at Berkshire Hathaways website!