Would You Join the Cast of "Big Brother" if It Jeopardized Your Job?
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Would You Join the Cast of "Big Brother" if It Jeopardized Your Job?
Kae | Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 02:51 am     Nope |
Twiggyish | Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 06:39 am     It could be free advertisement for a company or business. Look at Belly's!! |
Jagger | Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 06:57 am     That is the 2nd main reason I have not applied for any of these shows, I know I would lose my job and I can't afford to take the risk. The bankers wouldn't agree to allow me to go several months without paying my mortgage. But the main reason is I wouldn't be able to take my dog with me and he would go crazy if I were gone for 3 months. He quits eating if I am gone for a day, let alone 3 months. |
Itsallgood | Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 08:44 am     What Job??? LOL I'm a Domestic Engineer and No I would never put my family to that type of ridicule. I'd be called the House Drunk...I don't drink that much but whenever I do...well...let's just say I plan on having a good time so some people would think I was an alcoholic...and yes...I'd be asking for other people's Libations...now, where did I put my wine glass??? |
Cricket | Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 10:44 am     Yes, I would quit my job...if I even wanted to go into the BB house. You've got to explore your options before life passes you by. Aren't there people on this board who have applied for BB? If so, are you applying for BB4? |
Calgaryperson | Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 05:17 pm     Hey, I used to own my own company, we don't exist anymore because of bankruptcy, but I would. I WOULD'VE BEEN THE BEST BOSS! |
Iceprincess | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 08:18 am     I was thinking of applying for BB4, my job has nothing to do with the decision. I want out so bad this would be a GREAT excuse to walk in and say see ya...LOL The only thing that is stopping me from applying is the way that the houseguests are torn apart. I don't know if I want to get out of the house and see all the neg. stuff posted about me by my friends here. Kris |
Woodpecke® | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 08:31 am     There are tons of jobs, not many opportunities like this one. I qualified for "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" 23 times and never got a call back. Taking a shot is worth the risk of embarrassment. |
Woodpecke® | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 09:14 am     One more thing. Would it be that difficult for CBS to up the prize money to one million dollars for the winner? This show is on 3 times a week for 12 weeks. The revenue generated from this show is staggering. Two million would be chump change. Even five million. For five million, we would see game playing that would REALLY make you take notice. For five million, Lisa would have been booted by Jason and he may have thrown her out the door himself. (Just kidding). Haha! |
Whit4you | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 09:58 am     I agree the prize money should be like 1st place - 1 million 2nd place - 300 thousand 3rd place - 50 thousand |
Grannygrunt | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 11:20 am     This is part of the Eligibility Rules posted on BB4 site. Here is the link Big Brother 4 Rules 3. You must be willing to live in the Big Brother house located in Los Angeles for approximately 100 days between June and October 2003 with 11 strangers where you will have little or no privacy. If you are chosen to live in the house, it is your responsibility to make any necessary arrangements with your employer and family in anticipation of your extended absence from home. It plainly states that it is your responsiblity to "make any necessary arrangements with your employer". My question is why didn't Dani make the necessary arrangements with her employer? I know she said it had to be kept secret about her being on BB but apparently you are allowed to tell your employer about it and make arrangements to be absent from your job. Not tell the entire company but whoever you need to tell in order to be gone for 3 months. Eric thought he did tell the person who needed to be told and I think at that point Eric's supervisor should have told the higher ups. Yet it still cost him some time off for not adhereing to the rules. Not Eric's fault but the supervisor's fault, IMO. Now, Dani told this "Friend" of her's but no one else. Had Dani gone to her supervisor and explained then maybe Dani would still have a job. Seems to me that was Dani's fault, not BB's, in losing her job. Granted, I don't know all the details of what Dani did and didn't do but this is based on what knowledge I have of what Dani said in the house. Maybe the "friend" was her supervisor and in that case the supervisor would be at fault, if the company fired Dani anyway. But if I was gonna do something for 3 months and be away from my job, I would certainly make sure that when that 3 months was over, I still had a job to come back to. Or I would know I would be job hunting in 3 months. |
Niceguy | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 01:35 pm     Being in the entertainment industry, no, not a smart move for me at this time. Besides that some lurker here would take my moniker on and start bashing me! We agree again Wendo. |
Gidget | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 02:35 pm     Was Dani definitely fired? Is it possible her company took it as an opportunity to get rid of her? I would risk my job for a chance at $500K. I think there is a good chance I could get a leave of absense but not sure. One thing for sure I would try to present myself well inside the house ie not a lush, not a meanie, and not stupid. So when I did come out if I had to find another job people would already see me in a positive light. |
Wendo | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 03:10 pm     Niceguy, woo hoo, we agree! I don't think I could come out and visit the boards to see what people have said about me. I'm not an insecure person at all. But, wow, just reading what people thought about me, assuming the way I was in the house was how I am in real life. Even though I'm 33 years old, all of a sudden 3 months would suddenly define me? Nope, not interested at all. |
Thorntara | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 04:34 pm     Gidget, I'm with you...what really happened here? She kept talking about going back to work the whole time she was in the house, and how sorry she was for the woman that had to pick up the slack from her being gone, and so on and so forth. She also raved about the president of the agency from time to time, and about how much she admired her. She said this woman started the agency, made it a success, owned a house, was raising children and was such a success in life. In the interview (LA Times?) she said she quit because of the secrecy involving BB3. Clearly, she didn't resign in the normal way...what did she do? Take two weeks' vacation and have her husband call to say she wasn't coming back the day they expected her? Did she really know enough to suck up to the owner of the agency on the live feeds but not to the evicted HGs? Does anyone know what really went on here? Color me mystified...... |
Mags3 | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 06:40 pm     No, Dani got fired. Apparently when BB called her they gave her but a few minutes to get gone and she said she didn't have time to notify her boss. Now why her husband couldn't have called is beyond me. Then again if I were a employer I would feel that it was her (and not her husbands) responsibility to tell. As far as being in the house, she said quite a few times she wasn't sure she still had her job, but she never elaborated. |
Gidget | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 08:59 am     If Dani was a valued employee she would either get her job back or be highly recommended for the next opening at her company or within her field. I know we are not allowed to compare BB Dani to real life Dani, but if she was even 1/10th BB Dani in real life, I know I wouldn't want to be her colleague. |
Denecee | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 11:00 am     I don't think Dani is going to have any problems at all finding another job. JMHHO! |
Oregonfire | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 11:19 am     I think that based on the BB Dani, she is a woman who stays focused and gets the job done. Last office I worked in, everyone talked crap, sometimes right in front of your face. Seemed pretty typical to me. I think some employer would be willing to overlook her trash talking bits and harness her positive qualities. I think she'd be a great child advocate or social worker. I think she's shown that once she's loyal to someone (Jason, her family, maybe Lisa), she will fight to the end for them--and for herself! (except for the unfortunate letting-go-of-the-key incident) Of course JMO. |
Gina8642 | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 12:09 pm     This is all from memory so I may have some details wrong: Dani told Lisa on the live feeds that she (Dani) either called in sick (or took a few vacation days). At the end of that time, she just didn't come back. At some point during that time off, or right after it, she sent a letter telling her boss that she would be gone for awhile. (I think, but I'm not sure, Dani indicated in the letter that she'd like to keep her job, but she understood if they felt otherwise.) Dani also stated to Lisa that she was allowed (by BB) to tell people at work about Big Brother as long as they kept it a secret. Dani told Lisa that she didn't say anything becasuse she didn't trust her boss to keep it a secret. She said her boss was great, but wasn't able to keep mum. Somewhere in all this Dani seemed to indicate that she wanted to keep her job, but she wasn't sure how her workplace would deal with Dani abandoning them this way. After she was out of the house, there was that article that where she said she or her husband got a letter stating politely that she'd been let-go. So, Dani didn't leave it up to her husband she dealt with it herself. Her husband was there to receive any letters or phone calls after the fact. (Maybe he mailed her letter, but she wrote it). But she did lie/lead astray her workplace. She basically left them in the lurch without any notice. Dani was well aware that she might lose her job over this, but seemed very at peace with it and left it up to her workplace. Anyway, this is all from memory, so I'm not positive I have all the details right. Anyways, Dani knew losing her job was possible, but didn't want to give up the BB opportunity. In answer to the thread's question - every person's job is different. Every person's boss is different. So, each person's answer is different. Dani thought it was worth it to her, so Dani made the decision that was right for Dani. |
Gidget | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 02:04 pm     Jobs come and jobs go. I worked from home for a few years in the 90's and the last 2 years I am back working for an employer and it is shocking how much has changed in 6 years. I work for a major international company and one of the divisions at our site is relocating. Right now I am one of the lucky ones. My department is staying. But I lost my previous job 22 months ago to the same syndrome after only 6 weeks employment. The place I work at now is the kind of east coast company that if you got in you stayed and for the most part were treated well and compensated well. Everyday I see people who have worked their entire adult lives here and they are clearly less marketable now because of their ages and because they didn't job hop and show "flexiblity." My employment situation before I worked from home was intolerable. I worked my behind off. It was nothing for me to work 70-80 hours a week. And no matter how much I did it was never enough and I could never please my boss. I finally had to quit for my physical and mental health. And I took it as a personal failure and beat myself up over it for a long time. But not anymore. Two years after I quit my company was absorbed by another and I would have been gone anyway. I learned the hard way how "jobs" don't really give a dang about you. And I see it happening to people all the time now. The JOB expects you to give a minimum of 2 weeks notice but they oust you on a Friday afternoon if it suits their purposes. I will never give as much of myself to another job. I still work pretty hard but I only do it to satisfy myself and challenge myself in preparation for the next opportunity. So yes I would give a 1 in 12 shot at $500K a go. And if I got fired I would survive. And so will Dani. I personally did not care for her but I believe she will have no trouble finding another job and if she's as smart as I think she is, she will hold out for a better salary, too. I just hope she doesn't apply here. |
Thorntara | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 04:33 pm     Gina, I, too, am operating from memory, but I think the conversation she had with Lisa about walking away from a job was about one she had as a produce department manager with a large west-coast based supermarket chain. *IF* I remember correctly, it was some time before the job she had at the advertising agency. I'm sure I remember a conversation where she was talking about how she handled other people at work. She was a media buyer, and she was talking about how she would work with the creative people...saying something like, "I knew it was bad, so I would just tell them, 'Can you explain this to me?' While they were explaining, I would just say, 'Oh, NOW I get it! Why don't you just say THAT?'" She went on an on about how she could get people to change their work product. Frankly, in most of the advertising agencies (especially small advertising agencies) that I have worked with, "Creative" think of "Media Buying" as poop on the bottom of the shoe. If this story was true, she probably didn't win a lot of friends there. There was another story she told about proof-reading and how she had to teach everyone the right way to do it: out loud, and backwards. But, that what the clients didn't understand is that they would make the ads to the clients' specifications, and if the client just didn't like it, all the proof-reading in the world wouldn't help. Then she said something about that then the client would stiff them for the money, claiming the agency made a mistake when, in reality, the client did. Again, this is not a way to win friends, this time among Account Executives and clients! However, neither of these conversations appeared on national television. On the other hand, while Dani is clearly a real go-getter with lots of energy, I think her in-house attitude is probably very close to her at-work attitude, and I wouldn't hire her. Finally, Gidget, you are absolutely right about jobs. You get paid to do a job and do it to the best of your ability. There is no loyalty on either side, so why worry about it? I would never be able to do BB because I could never be someplace for so long without anything to read other than a bible, the rules handbook, and the instructions for caring for the pool, hot tub and lizards. (I've been known to panic on a long airline flight when I start to realize that I am going to finish my book before the flight ends!) On the other hand, I have quit several jobs in light of what I thought was a better opportunity, so I can't fault her (or anyone else) for that. |
Woodpecke® | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 04:39 pm     If she was really worried about losing her job, she would have made arrangements ahead of time for an amicable split. I think she just decided to be adventurous and spontaneous, and I applaud her for the decision. I am sure she will be employable and maybe find something more challenging and lucrative. |
Costacat | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 05:44 pm     I'm with Wood on this one; if she knew there was a possibility that she MIGHT be on BB3, she could've made arrangements for an unpaid leave of absence. I have zero sympathy for her if she left, without contacting her boss directly (no, Javier calling ain't gonna do it), and went and spent the summer at BB3. I couldn't and wouldn't do it. I'm the only writer at my company. I would never leave 'em in the lurch like that. My job IS my career, and I would never jeopardize my career like that. Then again, I'm not willing to ____ myself to *possibly* win $500K. (Insert your own perjorative in the blank.) I'd rather work hard a few years and make it the good old fashioned HONEST way. |
Gidget | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 06:18 pm     I agree with everything you said Costacat but I see BB as more than the money. It's an adventure money can't buy. At least not yet. But they would probably never pick me because I had to overcome a lot in my life and as a result I'm maddeningly stable. Not much chance of a meltdown. And like Lisa I can turn into a plant at will when necessary. |
Cmore | Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 01:15 am     Gidget, I agree with you totally about an adventure that money can't buy. It applies to a lot of things, BB just being one of them. I am now in the ripe old 40's, but when i was around 21 and single, I had a great job which paid very well and worked along with my best friend. We were fortunate and although we worked very hard, we only worked 3 weeks out of every month, so occasionally on our week off we planned adventures. I had a beautiful corvette that I paid a handsome price to have painted candy apple red with stardust. It glittered in the sun like a diamond. (Gee i miss that car!!) We were on a trip to Vegas, during one of our adventures and had stopped for a stretch and some fuel when i was approached by an elderly man in his 60's i would guess. We chatted for several minutes about the car, where we were headed, where we lived ect. Then the old man said something i will never forget. He told me when he was my age, he was struggling with a career to secure his future and he was very sad that he never took more time in his youth to enjoy some adventures in life. He shook my hand and looked me in the eye and said he would give the rest of his life to be in my shoes, at my age for a couple of weeks. I believe he was sincere and I was very touched by that moment in my life. A year later I lost that great job for being stupid and carefree, but 20x years later I have no regrets. I spent every dime I earned then, but the adventures and memories are something I can reflect on for a lifetime. I am sure Dani can find another job and she will have no regrets in the future, after all no amount of money could ever take her back and buy the adventure she had on BB3. Its something her and even her children can cherish for decades and unlike money or careers, something no one can ever take away from her. Its priceless. Sorry for the long rant and you all having to endure my trip down memory lane.  |
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