So here in Brussels we get two channels of BBC, one of which has this obnoxious program called "The Apprentice." I think it was modeled after a US show with Donald Trump? I didn't watch it in the US and I know why, if it was anything like the program here.
Truly, this is amazingly bad. In case you've missed it (wish I had) it features a group of soulless young vicious job aspirants who team up to win a fairly stupid competition, then are expected to turn and savage their former team members until the Boss (Sir Alan Sugar) chooses one to fire.
The behavior of these children is shameful: passing blame, lying, backbiting, sneering at one another, and no one taking responsibility for any mistakes until the time Sugar said, "I wish that sometime someone would just own up to being responsible for this mess," at which time all the little monsters chimed in together, "It was my fault."
I've hired more than my share of employees in my life so far, and would never hire any one of these jealous, lowlife, amoral brats to scrub a driveway, let alone trust him or her with any responsibility in a company I valued.
Not Cassandra, but an in-law
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I watched the US version of 'The Apprentice' and at the end of every episode, D.Trump always has to fire someone too. I think the reason they backbite and blame other but themselves is because they just don't want to get fired. Who can blame them? They all want to work for Donald Trump :)
But you see, this gives you the exact picture of how the applicant will act under pressure. When a crisis in the office arises, will he stop, think, balance, analyze, seek data, judge risk, and make a wise decision, or will he flail frantically to find someone to blame?
I wouldn't work for $500K a year for one of these undisciplined, dishonest hooligans.
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