Herschend CEO goes goes to front lines in CBS reality TV show

I will have to catch this later as we will be driving home from a Herschend park.

Can't wait to see it!

It'll be fun to see how a park CEO handled a week WORKING in the trenches.

Why is 'working' capitalized?

^^^ Same here will be at Dollywood so I will miss this :(

^ Because he WANTS you to see it! ;)

Anyone who implies that being a CEO is easy or coasting needs to get a life and stop being bitter.

On the show Undercover Boss, he dons oversized glasses and a beard to hide his identity from workers

Kinda funny that this very thing would prevent him from being employed at another certain park chain.

^ Herschend don't have those strict grooming guildlines like other parks.

I just saw my first episode of UCB last week. It was a better show than I thought it would be. I look forward to seeing this episode.

Ken Jones said:
^ Herschend don't have those strict grooming guildlines like other parks.

And Conneaut don't have English?

Or guildlines, apparently. j/k

I know the premise is that the CEO visits many facilities throughout the company. But how do they explain to the other employees that the "new guy" with the camera crew following him around lasts only one day at in any one place? Even Lucy and Ethel got to try 3 or 4 different jobs at the candy factory before getting canned. You wonder how many episodes can be shown before people start getting wise.

A lot of films and TV of this type have exactly that kind of problem, Bear. Remember the Tom Green show on MTV? ...Or Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan?

Jeff said:
Anyone who implies that being a CEO is easy or coasting needs to get a life and stop being bitter.

Jeff, I was implying that sitting in an A/C'd office all day (for a six-figure salary) seems pretty cushy to me, all the other headachs be darned!

If I was a CEO, I would delegate most of the work to my most trusted employees, and then with my huge salary, I would take many vacations all over the world. ;)

Hopman said:

Jeff, I was implying that sitting in an A/C'd office all day (for a six-figure salary) seems pretty cushy to me, all the other headachs be darned!

A lot of people make six-figure salaries working in air conditioned offices, and their jobs are far from 'cushy.'

Hopman said:

Jeff, I was implying that sitting in an A/C'd office all day (for a six-figure salary) seems pretty cushy to me, all the other headachs be darned!

I resemble that remark and I find it far from cushy, thanks..

Actually the CEO on last week implied that his job was much easier than packing boxes or loading trucks.

I respect bosses who are willing to get their hands dirty & make their muscles sore more than ones who sit on their butts all day & have a "I'm better than you because I'm the boss" attitude.

I've had many supervisors who were the former. I LOVED working for them!

Is that any better than having an "I'm better than you because I work with my hands" attitude?

Everyone has different skills and strengths. It seems to me that judging someone's experience who has a desk job "in the A/C" as cushy is no better than judging someone who works in manual labor.

One of my former co-workers used to ask me how I could sit at a desk all day. "That would drive me nuts. I like being up and moving." I said I didn't know how she could stand being on her feet for 8 hours a day with only a half hour break for lunch to sit down. Two differing personal preferences, I guess.