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Was Aleksandra right to leave.


View Poll Results: Was Aleksandra right to quit?
Yes - she was right to be true to herself 84 76.36%
No - she should have stayed and toughed it out 26 23.64%
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Old 28-10-2016, 11:16
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Interesting LinkedIn profile - lots of jobs lasting about a year, knocks a couple of kids out, now a "consultant" https://uk.linkedin.com/in/aleksandraking . Says she moved Hugo Oliver from cheap, online sales of bathrooms (to avoid the big boys) to upmarket showrooms, all three of them (plus online sales). Just obvious when London is back in its cheap money, property boom phase.

I suspect she wanted Sugar to finance her "consultancy" - anyone remember a previous contestant, who left to mind her kids? Katie Hopkins.
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Old 28-10-2016, 12:31
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She was right to go because once you lose focus you're a goner and you might as well cut your losses.

But obviously she should not have applied to be on it in the first place; it's been on long enough that no candidate can claim ignorance of how it works.
You can't know what it's really like unless you are in that pressurecooker yourself.

Sad to see her leave, one of the more intelligent and civilized contestants.
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Old 28-10-2016, 12:55
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You last two are absolutely right. It is all too typical of the feminist lobby that they demand education, opportunity etc., but when it doesn't suit them, they can just stop, because they will be away from their kids (she knew that). Give it ten years and she will be back demanding some kind of "equality" for being away for ten years.

It was also a stupid time to go - my answer on manning the window would have been "We were down to six when they had eight". They could not alter the teams as they did not know hat had been said/arranged in the other team by that point.

All the business consultants I have ever come across have invariably spent long periods away from home. Funny thing is that I cannot find anything about this company on the Net and it reminds me of many of the previous female candidates, who are now "motivational speakers", "consultants" etc. while living off some boyfriend/husband.
What exactly has the so called feminist lobby got to do with Aleksandra quitting? Her gender is irrelevant. I'd have said the same had a male contestant quit.
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Old 28-10-2016, 13:38
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What I find strange is that she quit on camera? If she was that bothered about the whole process and didnt want to continue she would have never gone into that episode. One of her main issues was the blame culture yet she left at a time when this wasnt even in the scene!

I think what happened was she wanted to leave off camera and the producers convinced her to do it on camera for better viewing.

My point being if I had quit over her reasons it wouldnt be on camera. The way she did it in my opinion didnt encourage sympathy. Not saying her reasons are wrong but it smacks a bit of publicity grabbing, both by the programme and the candidate.

Reason I think it is this quote

"You're going to be seeing a lot more of my face around! Honestly, I just feel like it's triggered something in me. I'm not going to stop at anything. I'm going to carry on and I'm going to do really well and I'm looking forward to the future."

Find this a rather odd comment unless you are intending to be in the public eye more.
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Old 28-10-2016, 13:44
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She'd made absolutely zero impact on me so far so perhaps she was aware that she was getting lost and unlikely to win.
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Old 28-10-2016, 14:27
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What exactly has the so called feminist lobby got to do with Aleksandra quitting? Her gender is irrelevant. I'd have said the same had a male contestant quit.
It has every relevance - demanding the opportunity and then quitting, because the "lifestyle" didn't suit her.

She may well be seeking publicity for her "consultancy" - although it does not seem to have a name. " I'm not going to stop at anything." Erm, unlike The Apprentice?
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Old 28-10-2016, 16:44
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Wow I can't believe this board. WHY would you enter a process that's known to be brutal?? On You're Fired she mentioned work life balance? How can you expect this on a show thats been on air FOREVER. Don't apply and waste peoples time if you're going to leave, everyone knows what the process is like.

I believe people should have to start paying a decent amount of money (that's returned at the end/if you're fired). Because being in the industry, having a contestant leave at will is just such a waste of time and resources. DONT APPLY if you can't hack it.
And todays Sense Of Entitlement award goes to...
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Old 28-10-2016, 17:27
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You last two are absolutely right. It is all too typical of the feminist lobby that they demand education, opportunity etc., but when it doesn't suit them, they can just stop, because they will be away from their kids (she knew that). Give it ten years and she will be back demanding some kind of "equality" for being away for ten years.

It was also a stupid time to go - my answer on manning the window would have been "We were down to six when they had eight". They could not alter the teams as they did not know hat had been said/arranged in the other team by that point.

All the business consultants I have ever come across have invariably spent long periods away from home. Funny thing is that I cannot find anything about this company on the Net and it reminds me of many of the previous female candidates, who are now "motivational speakers", "consultants" etc. while living off some boyfriend/husband.
I totally agree and I am a female in business on my own account for the past 15 years. She let the sisterhood down big time for whining on about 'children and husband' on the show and then in the media. However are women with families supposed to get to the top when someone does this on the Apprentice? It would have been more honest to say 'I don't like the process, I don't like this task, I am going to leave'. But no, it was all prepared for maximum exposure of her. Idiot.
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Old 28-10-2016, 17:44
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Her leaving as she did was terribly contrived.

She made so little impact anyway, nothing of value was lost by her going. She was probably right in going, otherwise they may have found her lurking in the wallpaper of the house this time next year.
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Old 29-10-2016, 00:10
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I was disappointed she left because I quite liked her. Disliking Grainne is always a plus.
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Old 29-10-2016, 00:51
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should've styed
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Old 29-10-2016, 10:14
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It almost looked as if, after none of the others considered her for project manager when they were all sat at the table, she decided that was finally enough.
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Old 29-10-2016, 10:29
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There is nothing wrong with wanting to leave if it's not right for you, she seemed to be doing well enough for herself anyway. Alan Sugar is a c**t judging by how he spoke about her in the boardroom.
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Old 29-10-2016, 12:59
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Wow I can't believe this board. WHY would you enter a process that's known to be brutal?? On You're Fired she mentioned work life balance? How can you expect this on a show thats been on air FOREVER. Don't apply and waste peoples time if you're going to leave, everyone knows what the process is like.

I believe people should have to start paying a decent amount of money (that's returned at the end/if you're fired). Because being in the industry, having a contestant leave at will is just such a waste of time and resources. DONT APPLY if you can't hack it.
Calm down. You're coming across like a 16 year old girl...
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Old 29-10-2016, 13:25
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Yes, she didn't contribute much to the process and good on her for realising that.
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Old 29-10-2016, 18:19
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It was unfair on her team, they were left with not enough staff to put someone in the window, which may have cost them the task. The best team lost.

However I think the producers told her to quit at the start of the task to create drama. She probably told them she wanted to quit before that.
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Old 30-10-2016, 18:52
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There is nothing wrong with wanting to leave if it's not right for you, she seemed to be doing well enough for herself anyway. Alan Sugar is a c**t judging by how he spoke about her in the boardroom.
Yes he did not cover himself in glory did he ? - with is his petty and childish remark about saving money for not having to get her a taxi for when she would have been fired.
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Old 30-10-2016, 19:20
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It was unfair on her team, they were left with not enough staff to put someone in the window, which may have cost them the task. The best team lost.

However I think the producers told her to quit at the start of the task to create drama. She probably told them she wanted to quit before that.
What cost them the task was because the PM refused to put someone in the window and there was more than enough staff to do that - and even if that was not the case - the window was key so the PM should have prioritised.

And if they had been the best team they would have won.
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Old 30-10-2016, 20:40
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how beautiful was she lookin tho. So elegant. Stunner wish she never left because of her I had to watch you're fired which i never watch otherwise.
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Old 31-10-2016, 09:33
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surprised her departure wasn't mentioned in the boardroom
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Old 31-10-2016, 09:43
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It was unfair on her team, they were left with not enough staff to put someone in the window, which may have cost them the task. The best team lost.

However I think the producers told her to quit at the start of the task to create drama. She probably told them she wanted to quit before that.
This, clearly the producers told her to do it then. Maximum drama/impact etc.... but it did leave the team short in a task that was about staffing really.

However, I'm a big believer if something is not working for you then you need to have the guts to change the situation. It's a tough process with no guaranteed result, she probably thought she wasn't going to get near the £250k and decided it wasn't worth the hassle. I don't blame her for going.
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Old 31-10-2016, 09:59
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Now at this point we'd be about 2 actual weeks into the process with most 'weeks' taking about 3-4 days so she'd probably be tired and would of had chance to of seen what the others business plan was and she decided to kill it early and get some rest rather than retiring at 11pm and being up at 5am every day.

I've done things like that and they're not nice so it takes a certain type of person to finish the race.
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Old 31-10-2016, 15:21
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If she felt she couldn't go on far enough, but she should of done it either at the end of the task or in front of LS so the teams could be rebalanced.

Plus it's unfair, that she knew what was involved but went on anyway, thus taking a spot from someone else.
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Old 31-10-2016, 21:30
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If she felt she couldn't go on far enough, but she should of done it either at the end of the task or in front of LS so the teams could be rebalanced.

Plus it's unfair, that she knew what was involved but went on anyway, thus taking a spot from someone else.


But most people who were in the Goon Show are dead now - so no problem.
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Old 01-11-2016, 13:33
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^^ Lol, but to be far the guys in the Goon Show were actually very intelligent, maybe more like the 3 STOOGES
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