Long story short, I'm a freelance copywriter. I work with many businesses and agencies.
I've been freelance for 12 years. I'm very good at what I do.
One agency has recently brought in a new SEO expert. She's great at her job...really good. But as soon as she began, she was leaving notes on our Slack channel about my copy.
"Lovely work...the SEO is good but I added more commas"
Upon reviewing her additions, they were all incorrect.
I had to spend time removing them. She also deleted a word and changed it for her own choice. Badly.
She's German and English is not her first language. So the word she deleted has different connotations in German.
Now she's just reviewed my most recent article and added new spacing...fine....but the owner of the agency...who knows that I was annoyed about the commas previously, butted in and said "Please don't alter Fortune's copy."
He later messaged me to say the SEO expert was not happy with him saying this to her and he's going to allow her to make changes to my work!
I'm NOT HAPPY. I have told him this...and I have intimated I won't be working under her. She's NOT an editor and doesn't know how to use commas so my work will be compromised. I can't share work that's shit...I can't repeatedly go back in and check her "editing" to make sure it's good...because it won't be.
He hasn't got back to me yet...he's probably stewing and panicking because he values us both.
I honestly am a little offended. He's cow-towed to her ego here and to the detriment of the work I turn in. Help me deal please!
Part of me is stomach churningly anxious because this is a good client....the other part of me is outraged. Any tips on not backing down please?