VA social media department ever tactful posting
This afternoons social media post. For those of you who don’t know that’s an ATR cockpit and ATR pilots are being made redundant this weekend.
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It’s been removed
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Maybe they meant that it was a nice way to spend a Friday afternoon when you are a plane spotter and the redundant pilots are not getting in the way of a good photo. I feel sorry for those who are still employed by them.
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Probably just an honest mistake, the social media people probably don't know much about aircraft!
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I find it a bit odd anyway that they’re essentially marketing being a VA pilot as an alluring job - timing off?!
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I have nothing to do with Virgin and this has made me angry.
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What a bunch of amateur clowns.
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Yes they stuffed up, I’m sure it wasn’t intentional. They also removed it straight away when it came to their attention the post was inappropriate, so is there any reason to continue to be offended?
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Originally Posted by MelbourneFlyer
(Post 10892052)
Probably just an honest mistake, the social media people probably don't know much about aircraft!
rgds/be Well S28- BE |
Originally Posted by dr dre
(Post 10892120)
...so is there any reason to continue to be offended?
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It’s good to see the standard of Village Idiot has been maintained, even though the location has changed....
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Switchbait, that's some funny 5hit right there, well done sir :}
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Social media people are usually young people (at least from what I have seen in my different companies) They're entry-level jobs. They probably have no idea of what is occurring this week. Or the ability to use a considered or empathetic approach or even a connection in the material. No malice intended.
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Another one of DK's prodigies who kicked a stink when they attempted to stand down... 'but who will monitor the social media'....
Meanwhile, have you seen the track history of their posts? For the untrained eye, you'd think Virgin Blue was back again with their recurring themed VB content..... what ever happened with effective change management and corporate comms styles? |
Originally Posted by Switchbait
(Post 10892359)
It’s good to see the standard of Village Idiot has been maintained, even though the location has changed....
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Fellow aviator applied for an American Express card, who then called our employer to enquire as to his employment status. Don't know who they talked to but the answer they got was "we don't employ aircrew", this being a major GA company, problem was head office was on Southbank, 230km from the coal face. He did get his card after AE called the crewroom.
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You boomers do realise social media posts are usually scheduled months in advance? And I assume most of the social media marketing department is stood down anyway.
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Originally Posted by unobtanium
(Post 10896134)
You boomers do realise social media posts are usually scheduled months in advance? And I assume most of the social media marketing department is stood down anyway.
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One easy way to not have to deal with this rubbish.....don’t use facebook ot twitter
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Originally Posted by Climb150
(Post 10896167)
How was it removed so quickly if the whole Social Media dept is non existent now? I doubt that was booked months in advance considering it's an insta post not an advertisement. Maybe you should read all the posts first before commenting? Oh sorry that's right millennials can only concentrate for 10 seconds at a time before they start getting bored.
Staff in the social media department will normally be paid for a normal 9-5 Monday to Friday work week. However they are expected to be connected, monitor and respond 24/7. If a customer conplains on Google, Facebook, Twitter, instagram, whatever at 5:01pm on a Friday and that goes unanswered until 9am Monday, it reflects terribly on the company. They will also generally be built with a mix of internal staff and external agencies. Instagram doesn't have the function to plan and post in advance, but there are a myriad of social media tools that allow the teams to monitor multiple different accounts and platforms and post to one, multiple or all in advance. Do you seriously think these people make a post in the 5 minutes before it's sent? |
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