Trump Makes the Wrong Decision on The Apprentice
Initially, I wouldn't watch Donald Trump's reality tv show The Apprentice but my sister-in-law (who was a VP at Disney) told me how much she loved it because it was all about marketing. I started watching it and got hooked. But, after tonight, I'm super disappointed and I'm thinking I'm not going to watch next season. Donald Trump may have made a more politically-correct decision by hiring the black man but, in my opinion, he clearly hired the WRONG person.
Quite frankly, the choice of Randal Pinkett just sucks. Randal's negative reaction when Trump asked him if they should hire Rebecca, as well, reveals what a poor decision Randal was for Trump's apprentice. From the beginning, unlike Alla, Clay or Randal, Rebecca refused to savage any other candidate in order to win. She always focused on the task, the events and the outcome. She would never go after any person personally. Even when Trump gave her the opportunity to knock Randal's education, she refused. She always exhibited integrity, loyalty and business acumen. Even in the final task, while they did not collect any money for the AIDs foundation, Yahoo ultimately put up $100,000 (ten times as much as Randal's group generated). If the measure of the final task is amount donated, Rebecca's efforts brought TEN TIMES as much money into the coffers.
But, back to my main complaint, Randal said he and Rebecca were a good team and that he enjoyed working together. GEORGE and CAROLYN said they were both stars. A smart business decision for the Trump organization would be to snag that talent and use it. But, nooooo. Randal couldn't do that.
Then, at the end, he runs over to the rest of the FIRED candidates and is hugging them and talking with them ... completely ignoring his new boss. Trump had to shout to get him back to the table. In the end, he's out there chumming it up with all of the losers who supported his win and gathering them close to him. If I were Trump, I'd be watching my back.
What a disappointment. What a huge disappointment!!!
Comments
I totally agree. In addition, I also feel Rebecca would have been much more moldable. Randal seems like he'll do his own thing, and not listen (or mold). He also seems to be in it for himself (to benefit his own business.. he said for practice running a billion dollar company) instead of being in it for the long term/career/to benefit Trumps business. Extremely disappointing - I doubt I'll continue watching Trumps show.
Posted by: jd on December 31, 2005 05:23 PM