On last night's The Apprentice..
Apr. 13th, 2006 10:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Well it seems pretty obvious to me by now that Sayid the Arrogant Wanker (as he shall hereafter be known) will win. Sugar seems to translate "business" into nothing but "can sell" - which will give us a Sayid: Ruth* final (with an outside bet on the black guy, Ansell is it? sorry, all the names are really unmemorable somehow.) but I reckon he'll leave a woman to the end to head off criticism and she *can* sell. I heard Sugar rhapsodising about Sayid's selling abilities on Radio 4 as well..
The contestants may indeed be wankers, but what is really coming off badly is the face of modern British business - is business really about nothing except being a grown up barrow boy in a suit? No room for strategy, marketing, management, risk analysis, long term client relationships, creative ideas, anything but sell sell sell?? When did "planner" become a rude word?? If I was considering a career in business, I can't imagine anything that would put me off more.
* just to prove I'm not racisst I got her name wrong too- it's Ruth not Karen..
The contestants may indeed be wankers, but what is really coming off badly is the face of modern British business - is business really about nothing except being a grown up barrow boy in a suit? No room for strategy, marketing, management, risk analysis, long term client relationships, creative ideas, anything but sell sell sell?? When did "planner" become a rude word?? If I was considering a career in business, I can't imagine anything that would put me off more.
* just to prove I'm not racisst I got her name wrong too- it's Ruth not Karen..
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Date: 2006-04-13 11:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-14 12:29 am (UTC)That said, if your income depends to a significant extent on what your options are doing, and the analysts are driving your share price based on quarterly results, change is unlikely to happen overnight...