The Apprentice 2024

[tim0409]

Doofus said:

williamp said:

..they've also got the antisemitism diversity box ticked

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/31/appren...


Odd they still let him on the show. Others they would have been...removed

Isn't Seralan Jewish?

The offensive tweets only came to light after they had completed filming, so it begs the question why they gave him diversity training…..unless he won

[Doofus]

tim0409 said:

Doofus said:

williamp said:

..they've also got the antisemitism diversity box ticked

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/31/appren...


Odd they still let him on the show. Others they would have been...removed

Isn't Seralan Jewish?

The offensive tweets only came to light after they had completed filming, so it begs the question why they gave him diversity training…..unless he won

My point was that he was apparently prepared to get involved with a 'satanic cultist' if there was £250k at the end of the keshet.

[2HFL]

Gave it half an hour, with Shugs regurgitating his dire jokes and everyone obediently laughing along, followed by the usual cluster of a task, literally no change from any other series.

So, that was enough for me, I won’t be wasting my Thursday nights watching it..

[vixen1700]

2HFL said:

Gave it half an hour, with Shugs regurgitating his dire jokes and everyone obediently laughing along, followed by the usual cluster of a task, literally no change from any other series.

So, that was enough for me, I won’t be wasting my Thursday nights watching it..

Did better than me, I lasted ten minutes and just thought 'fk this!'.

[WestyCarl]

Tycho said:

Just watched it on catchup and can't believe the PM didn't get fired.

I can only assume he was kept in for the TV value.

[hungry_hog]

The quiet person always gets fired

If someone is completely incompetent but argues a lot in the boardroom they generally stay in

The should have fire the bloke for clapping on the spot what a plonker

[BananaFama]

hungry_hog said:

The should have fire the bloke for clapping on the spot what a plonker

Deffo this !
There are 12 episodes ,including the final to bin 17 of the candidates so an early exit for the dopey Dr .wouldn't matter

[daqinggregg]

How could ‘not doing much’ contribute to the failure of that task?

It would have been best, if they did nothing.

[thegreenhell]

daqinggregg said:

How could ‘not doing much’ contribute to the failure of that task?

It would have been best, if they did nothing.

Ha, at least they'd be £500 up on what they actually did.

[Nurburgsingh]

Tyrell Corp said:

A 'colouful' bunch, I'm all for diversity, but no way is that an accurate representation of UK. I think they are seriously over-egging it now.

(some cultures perhaps more entrepreneurial by nature, coupled with sociological factors so some ethnic minorities will naturally be over-represented in business...i get it)

I'd just like to be clear that this lot of weapons grade cocktards are in no way representative of my culture.

[CourtAgain]

Radec said:

Lads are losing this task, PM with no clue.

Leave Rishi Sunak alone, he's trying his best

It was a poor show, surprised the guy survived after the "event" that was laid on. Scottish dancing in a field whilst wearing chinos with no music playing just was odd. I'm sure the usual tasks (tearing around London streets trying to buy obscure tat / making pet food / app for kids) will feature

Edited by CourtAgain on Saturday 3rd February 19:25

[hungry_hog]

BananaFama said:

Deffo this !
There are 12 episodes ,including the final to bin 17 of the candidates so an early exit for the dopey Dr .wouldn't matter

his IQ and bench press are both high

Probably a PHer!

[Langweilig]

Tycho said:

Just watched it on catchup and can't believe the PM didn't get fired. He was the worst of a bad bunch. The series needs to go back to a job rather than an investment so he has an incentive to fire the worst candidate rather than keep them in because he likes the look of their business plan. Not one ounce of initiative or common sense between the lot of them. I wouldn't like to be treated by the medical "professionals" in the group.

There was one candidate in the previous series who labelled himself as "The James Bond of the business world".

[asfault]

blueg33 said:

Business plans should only be submitted at the end of the process

Ha yeah I think sur allen made that mistake when he realised sometimes a good candidate got through with a crap business.

[TwinKam]

asfault said:

blueg33 said:

Business plans should only be submitted at the end of the process

Ha yeah I think sur allen made that mistake when he realised sometimes a good candidate got through with a crap business.

One year, I recall a chap got through to the final before it was discovered that he 'didn't have' a business plan...
Actually he did have a plan... IIRC it was for a fixed-fee online estate agency, but ahead of its time, so Sugar, Hewer, Claude et al couldn't comprehend it.
Within a year Purple Bricks was on the scene.

[The Gauge]

I didn't expect Elon Musk to get fired.

Why does Lord Sugar always fire people 'with regret'?

When all the teams are back in the boardroom with Lord Sugar, why do the candidates bicker with their team leaders trying to allocate blame for failure, when at that point the losing team hasn't been identified and that teams leader is yet to choose the two coming back with them? Surely they are putting themselves up being chosen? Personally I'd lick the team leaders arse so I wasn't chosen.

I reckon they should have a series of The Apprentice completely made up of all the candidates that have been fired in the first episode.

Edited by The Gauge on Saturday 3rd February 23:47

[matrignano]

The puns are so dreadful (same for dragons den), please make it stop!

[Ancient Wheelbarrow]

Bluedot said:

Looks like they've acknowledged peoples gripes with it just being Love Island in suits, maybe we'll get a more rounded bunch of contestants this year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-6810...

Yet still ridiculous tasks that have nothing to do with business (dude gets fired for making brownies, seriously? Pretty much the only food that wasn't a disaster). Still the forced lack of communication between sub-teams to ramp up the drama/incompetence.

The tray bake toad in the hole (some sausages, some batter) that they had to cook themselves for something stupid like £60 a head quoted. It's so far removed from reality it's a parody of itself now.

Will give it one more episode but if anything they seem to have ramped up the 'reality' show aspect of it.

Edited by Ancient Wheelbarrow on Monday 5th February 07:39

[MesoForm]

Ancient Wheelbarrow said:

Still the forced lack of communication between sub-teams to ramp up the drama/incompetence.

Same with deciding on the product and the budget, then going to the only customer to see what they actually want and how much they are willing to pay.

[georgefreeman918]

vixen1700 said:

2HFL said:

Gave it half an hour, with Shugs regurgitating his dire jokes and everyone obediently laughing along, followed by the usual cluster of a task, literally no change from any other series.

So, that was enough for me, I won’t be wasting my Thursday nights watching it..

Did better than me, I lasted ten minutes and just thought 'fk this!'.

Came here to post that I only made it 15 mins and it seems that others did worse / better. I’ve watched it pretty much every year (the last few years reluctantly) but this year is the final nail in the coffin. It really needs a refresh.