The Apprentice Series 4

[LilMissHissyFit]

What kind of message does this show send?

Lie on your cv and treat women like shit, you're hired!

Work your arse off, do everything you're told, keep your mouth shut, be damn good at your job, and you're sacked.

He is abusive, and he's a liar. I don't need to know anything else.

You must have been watching a different show then
You missed the episode ( I think it was 3/4) where she bullied, belittled and undermined her team leader at every opportunity on the photography task then? And continued the abuse in the boardroom until Sir Alan told her to leave??

She hardly kept her mouth shut- ever. IT was clearly her weakest point, she never knew when to stop and shut her mouth nor open her ears.

 

[weltweit]

Did anyone see in the closing show "your hired" that they mentioned the previous winning apprentice and asked Sir Alan Sugar how he was doing, Sir Alan responded something non commital like "quite well, quite well" and they cut to the previous apprentice who was sitting in the audience looking a bit uncomfortable!

Methinks things are not going exactly peachy with the last apprentice!

 

[isvicthere?]

First Sugar got rid of the short ones.

Then he got rid of the posh ones.

And the tall, working class ones were the ones that were left.

And one of them won it.

Which shows that tall, working class people do well in interviews, which I have always known.

Not sure Alex - "privately educated" - or Claire - pony as a child - are particularly working class.

 

[zippypinhead]

One thing has been consistantly proven thoughout all the series of the apprentice.

Don't be a gobby person of Asian descent you dont even need to bother to apply however talented you are.

 

[Bajie]

It's all a load of old toss anyway, not one of the former winners is still working for the old git. Just a game show which people watch not becuase of the ones they like, but becuase of the ones they really hate.

 

[wishface]

I feel slightly sorry for Alex (as someone who had nothing to do with any of the plaudits his team's product received) because Helene finally proved herself to be the dead weight she had been throughout. Absolutely useless.

 

[wishface]

It's all a load of old toss anyway, not one of the former winners is still working for the old git. Just a game show which people watch not becuase of the ones they like, but becuase of the ones they really hate.

As I recall the prize was a contract that only ever lasted for a year.

 

[Melinda]

One thing has been consistantly proven thoughout all the series of the apprentice.

Don't be a gobby person of Asian descent you dont even need to bother to apply however talented you are.

Im not sure your assertion has any merit Zippy!

A fair few candidates over the 3 seasons Ive seen (I didnt see the first season with Saira) have been pegged straight into the cerebral but ineffectual box (some very unfairly- I believe that Alan Sugar is anti-intellectual). That label is not limited to Asian candidates IMO, although Lohit from last year fell directly into that box. Shazia (who got canned this season over the laundry task) seemed quiet and capable but got fucked over by Helene and didnt defend herself adequately.

Im afraid Sara, like a lot of candidates was a member of the Unearned Confidence Club. Despite what she thought, Sara had no relevant skills; she couldnt sell, couldnt manage, didnt know how to speak to people, didnt speak up when she needed to, and she hectored and badgered when she didnt need to. She was annoying, shrill and more importantly she failed utterly.

By all means be a swaggering, cocky candidate, just as long as you can walk the walk.

 

[Bajie]

As I recall the prize was a contract that only ever lasted for a year.

Yer but if I had someone really decent working for me I would offer them a long term contract, Alan Sugar has had the same people working for him for decades that seems to be the way he likes working. So they where either crap at their jobs or wanted to do something else, either way none of them have been huge sucesses.

Though I would like to know what exactly they do for a year.. he probably gets them to do the shredding and making cups of tea.

 

[wishface]

Well I'm sure if he so desires, he can extend the contract.

Or break it and just throw a few greenbacks at them to make them go away.

I think what they do is help market some new product.

 

[Miss Potter]

On BBC2 now, The Weakest Link Apprentice Special, contestants from across all 4 series