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TV's The Apprentice winner Stella English 'overpaid lackey'
I guess event the job's (whatever it is) is just part of the entertainment too. Quote:
Stella English, of Kent, won the BBC show in 2010 and got a job in Lord Sugar's division of IT firm Viglen. However, she told the East London Employment Tribunal Service she had no choice but to resign after being told her contract was not being renewed. Ms English, who earned £100,000-a-year, claims constructive dismissal, saying she had no real role at the firm. She told the hearing she did not feel like Lord Sugar's "apprentice", and only saw him five times during her 13-month employment. Colleagues did not take Ms English seriously, and she was "ostracised" after being told she had taken another woman's job. Quote:
Ms English said: "No specific duties were allocated to me. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21673051"I was provided with a desk and a phone but that was pretty much it." She described her employment as "a sham". She told the tribunal that after emailing Lord Sugar asking to discuss her concerns, her boss Bordan Tkachuk was also invited to the meeting. When Lord Sugar asked Mr Tkachuk what he thought of Ms English, he replied: "Nice girl. Don't do a lot." Bit in bold made me laugh
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This is old news.
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"Nice girl. Don't do a lot."
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This is old news.
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Well it would be (since Stella's left) but it's only now come to light to the masses.
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I think the news is this case is finally being heard and we'll find out what the verdict is soon!
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I think the news is this case is finally being heard and we'll find out what the verdict is soon!
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Taken long enough for this case to be heard. I must admit that Stella's version of events does have the ring of truth. If it is true, I hope she wins.
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If the prize was only a one-year contract and it wasn't renewed, I don't quite see how she can claim it was constructive dismissal.
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If the prize was only a one-year contract and it wasn't renewed, I don't quite see how she can claim it was constructive dismissal.
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I would have thought that was fraud.
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I don't know why Stella expected Sugar to be honourable and bother with her at all. He clearly has no interest in The Apprentice contestants at the best of times.
Having said that I applaud Stella for speaking out. She won't win against him and his top paid lawyers but at least she has publicly exposed the winner's prize as a sham. |
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[quote=LIZALYNN;64620448]I don't know why Stella expected Sugar to be honourable and bother with her at all. He clearly has no interest in The Apprentice contestants at the best of times.
Having said that I applaud Stella for speaking out. She won't win against him and his top paid lawyers but at least she has publicly exposed the winner's prize as a sham.[/QUOTE is actually getting the job and the £100k a year prize actually a sham? ok it wasnt want she expected and she wasnt kept on but she did get a job and the money offered, She must have signed the one year contract knowing that like any contract it wasn't a guaranteed renewable one |
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she won a years contract worth £100,000 not a job
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It does make you wonder what exactly went wrong for her. Even if you just look at the female winners (since Stella and her legal team have been making pretty strong insinuations of sexism), Yasmina has had nothing but good words about Lord Sugar so far as I can tell, and despite how badly wrongs things ended up going for her, Michelle doesn't seem to have had much personal criticism for Sugar.
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It does make you wonder what exactly went wrong for her. Even if you just look at the female winners (since Stella and her legal team have been making pretty strong insinuations of sexism), Yasmina has had nothing but good words about Lord Sugar so far as I can tell, and despite how badly wrongs things ended up going for her, Michelle doesn't seem to have had much personal criticism for Sugar.
However, if her sexism claims are proven, the tribunal can award her compensation for that even if her constructive dismissal claim fails. |
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Stella's case can't be that weak as she hasn't had it kicked out yet.
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Stella's case can't be that weak as she hasn't had it kicked out yet.
That's why in the recent landmark Debbie Smith case, the tribunal ordered the claimant to pay significant costs in order to deter other vexatious/misconceived claims. |
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I guess event the job's (whatever it is) is just part of the entertainment too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21673051 Bit in bold made me laugh ![]() |
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In a way it serves Lord Sugar right for handing her the title: she was the worst UK Apprentice winner bar none. There were at least 4 other candidates better than her that series...
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Clearly Bordan Tkachuk is not familiar with basic English garmmar.
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In a way it serves Lord Sugar right for handing her the title: she was the worst UK Apprentice winner bar none. There were at least 4 other candidates better than her that series...
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The finalists actually spent a 4 month probationary period in one of Lord Sugars companies before the winner is announced ?
Is this common knowledge ? It certainly wasn't part of the narrative of the show when picking the eventual winner. |
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is actually getting the job and the £100k a year prize actually a sham? ok it wasnt want she expected and she wasnt kept on but she did get a job and the money offered, She must have signed the one year contract knowing that like any contract it wasn't a guaranteed renewable one |
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The finalists actually spent a 4 month probationary period in one of Lord Sugars companies before the winner is announced ?
Is this common knowledge ? It certainly wasn't part of the narrative of the show when picking the eventual winner. |
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