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It’s not reality. It’s just a documentary
I haven’t seen Undercover Boss yet.
I probably won’t ever watch it. I don’t have much interest in so-called reality shows “formatted documentaries”.
I just don’t buy it.
Are you telling me:
- The CEO went out “undercover” to work with his employees, and no one did anything to pave the way?
- These companies are willing to take the risk of having their CEO make a blunder while on camera?
- No one noticed the camera crews following these purported “new guys” around?
They had to go with waste haulers and Hooters? Wait, of course they had to go with Hooters. How else would they have been able to get video on women eating off of plates with their tongue?
How much did they have to pay get these people to sign releases to appear in this show? As it turns out, not very much at all, according to the New York Post:
“Undercover Boss,” the promising new reality show which premieres immediately after the Superbowl in February, isn’t paying any of the people on the show, The Post has learned.
The series, about high-ranking corporate execs who secretly take entry-level jobs in their own companies, is a CBS top priority.
But unlike reality shows like “Survivor” and “Biggest Loser,” the people who appear on the show don’t know they are going to be on a big-time network series — and signed away their rights after being told they were participating in a small documentary.
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[New Post at The Human Race Horses] Why I won’t watch “Undercover Boss” http://www.thehumanracehorses.com/2010/0...
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[New Post at The Human Race Horses] Why I won't watch "Undercover Boss" http://bit.ly/a35Ekh
http://www.thehumanracehorses.com/2010/02/11/why-i-wont-watch-undercover-boss/ #in #hr #shrm
They explained cameras if you had watched @MikeVanDervort on HRH: Why I won’t watch “Undercover Boss” http://goo.gl/fb/PLuh
I wonder why you are reviewing or reviling smething you didn’t watch? In the first show, they chose the COO who was less likely to be recognized and they explained the documentary cameras. I suggest you watch it before panning it.
I didn’t watch it either, and have no intention of doing so. I sort of feel like a detached HR practioner because of this, but life’s just too short and I can think of better things to do with my time.
[New Post at The Human Race Horses] Why I won’t watch “Undercover Boss” http://www.thehumanracehorses.com/2010/0...
on HRH: Why I won’t watch “Undercover Boss” http://goo.gl/fb/PLuh #television #cbs #losangeles #newyorkpost
Why I won't be watching UNdercover Boss http://www.thehumanracehorses.com/2010/02/11/why-i-wont-watch-undercover-boss/ #hr #shrm
RT @lisarowan: They explained cameras if you had watched @MikeVanDervort on HRH: Why I won’t watch “Undercover Boss” http://goo.gl/fb/PLuh
Twitter: MikeVanDervort
February 11, 2010 at 12:54 pm
@Darcy
I kind of thought the same thing at first. “oh, it’s a show about HR. I need to watch it.”, but then I decided that was bullshit. It is just another fakle reality show that was cooked up to seel an idea in Hollywood. I don’t care that it is on. I just don’t care to watch it,anymore than I care to watch Big Brother, Survivior, American Idol, or any of the other myriad shows that are out there. When I expalined why i didn’t want to watch in the post, it wasn’t because it was an HR themed show. It is because I am consistently bored and unfascinated by “reality” TV. I haven’t watched and episode of Survivor since the first season.
I am somewhat concerned that HR practitioners are so desperate for validation of our profession that we feel guilty about not watching what is probably not a very good show, based on the reviews I did read and the yourtube previews i screened prior to writing today’s article on HRH.
Just because anything is on tv doesn’t give it meaning, and I think that is especially true for HR, which is the ultimate reality “show”, in my opinion.
RT @DebExo: Thnx 4 dose of reality! RT. [New Post at The Human Race Horses] Why I won't watch "Undercover Boss" http://bit.ly/a35Ekh u bet!
I'm not watching either. It's not spurring my interests. RT @MikeVanDervort: Why I won't watch "Undercover Boss" http://bit.ly/cbRrx0
RT @Pasmuz I'm not watching either…not spurring my interests. RT @MikeVanDervort Why I won't watch "Undercover Boss" http://bit.ly/cbRrx0
Twitter: marsha
February 24, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Thanks for calling this show just what it is…
Twitter: MikeVanDervort
February 24, 2010 at 7:48 pm
@Marsha – Most people typically recognize bullshit as bullshit. Not all of us say it though. Thanks for your comment!
I checked the program for about 10 minutes and realized that this again was an American conspiracy entertainment program.
really rich executives who see their mission by playing dumb and kind
to generate money in their company. By paying a minimum amount of money
for poor workers and give orders on how they should behave in front of the camera.
There is no big rich boss who would allow a camera crew filming stupid managers who work within their companies. For example,The Hooters episode when the incredibly stupid boss (besides, who is a very bad actor) allows one employed person to leave earlier if they win the contest on “who eats brown beans fastest”.
This would only harm the company if it was true, but in the end they turn the story so there will be a good final.
If this was a true story the guy who owns the company would fired him in 2 seconds.
(the douchebag just gets a warning from the really “kind” owner of the company (just to spread his wings and have us believe his an angelperson.)
Only to serve himself.
And other people who watch this episode who may work for hooters starts automatically to think “this could really happen to me too if i work hard as hell”
And people who dont work may consider to search for a job there.. (In bealive they really could change there lives.)Perhaps exaggerated, but im pissed off.
Manipulative thinking is the biggest winner here for the company.
The biggest douchebag is the owner of the company,
and the televisioncompany who generate
at least as much money as the main role
no question about it. boycott immediately.
I am sorry to say this but the U.S. is actually one of the world’s worst countries when it comes to almost everything, again no question about it.
Im not saying that the U.S people are douchebags I just feeling sorry for them who lives in that country.
I would not be surprised if CBS is owned by the government also.
Remember that if you start to cry a little bit jsut because you think it is a beautiful and lovely story
maybe it’s more realistic that you cry a little bit just because you would like it to happen to yourself in your own workplace, because it would probably ease your life dramatically.
This is not how the real life work my friends
atleast not in 6 billion+ lives
they just want you to believe in it.. so just dont
(excuse the grammar)
Greetings from Sweden