I can't believe Simon won it!! I liked his design but I think Kristina's presentation was more researched.. Poor Kristina..
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I can't believe Simon won it!! I liked his design but I think Kristina's presentation was more researched.. Poor Kristina..
I have to say, as the former HR manager myself for a large organisation, I agree with Sir Alan's choice. I would have given the job to Simon too. I think he has much more potential than Kristina. Of course, Kristina is very good as well, but I have the feeling she is as good as she is going to get. For Simon, the sky's the limit. He is very intelligent, articulate with loads of personality. He can make a real success of the job and go on to much better things. I think the £100,000 job with Sir Alan would be the limit of Kristina's ability. Yes she could do it but I couldn't see her going much further.
Simon is 27 years old. Yes, he is smart (IQ 174) and articulate (speaks 6 languages) BUT:
He has had every advantage in life and has achieved NOTHING in the world of business. He runs a failing website selling lights and lets out rooms in his house.. big wow. This guy went to one of the most exclusive private schools and Cambridge Uni - both his father and grandfather are multimillionaires. If he had stickability surely he would have achived something by now?
Kristina was robbed. She worked hard, managed staff well and really performed in all the tasks.
I can only imagine that Simon showed more potentila whilst actually working with Sir Alan over the past few months than Kristina did.. because going by the tasks shown Sir Alan has made a huge mistake.
One other big thing in Simon's favour was the way he could handle his team(s). He was by far the best staff manager and was the only one who was able to harness the potential of Trey.
I disagree. Kristina was an excellent staff manager - and motivator.Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
Simon demotivated half his team last night by going off with Tre and leaving them feeling disinfrachised. If anyone did the 'managing' between Tre and Simon it was Tre.
Simon did not win a task as a project manager - does that not tell us anything? (I am not including the final).
I felt Christina deserved the job, but then again it is the Apprentice after all -Simon is there for Sir Alan to train up and mould. Bring on series 4!
I feel the job should have been Kristina's - Sir Alan What was you thinking.
I don't feel Simon had any input to the task at all, I feel he has landed the job
on the backs of other peoples hard work. All through the series he wouldn't know a good idea if it hit him in the face.
It's interesting to see such strong anti-Simon opinions on here. Does this mean you think Sir Alan Sugar is not as an astute a businessman as most people think he is?
Sir Alan is very astute.. I think I just prefered Kristina but I can understand why he choose Simon.. myself and Bry were discussing this.. Simon can be moulded and learn everything from Sir Alan, Kristina was a finished package and that is not what the apprentice is about....Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
I didn't like either of them much, but i think Simon deserved it more out of the pair. He might not have any direct experience, but he has all the right attributes to do well with Sir Alan, and thats all that matters at the end of the day.
I can only think that Sir Alan chose Simon over Kristina because of his age, both adviser said that Kristina could be capable of working on her own but Simon would need someone checking up on him. Simon maybe young and Alan may feel that he can teach Simon more than he can teach Kirstina, however Simon has had every opportunity to be a successful buisnessman with his upbringing where Kristina has come from a working class background and slaved her guts out, she has proved that she is hardworking and committed. It's a shame that she lost out. I thought at one point Alan was going to give both of them a job
Simon is an intelligent, well educated waster.
He is 27 for goodness sake! Not some 21 year old fresh from Uni.
Sir Alan has lost out on a fantastic grafter in Kristina. Granted, she may not have been the best person for the job that was going, but personally I would have given her another job.
I wouldn't employ anyone who couldn't look me in the eye whilst talking.
And, bless his cotton socks, he shouldn't work them off twice in one conversation.
did anyone see the show on bbc2?
kristina was pure class, she refused to get involved to get involved in to the katie debate - they showed evey evil word katie said - her face said it all