Comments on: The Apprentice: Katie Hopkins Gets Fired From Another Job

By: Katie Hopkins Fired From Exeter Newspaper - Unreality TV

Katie Hopkins Fired From Exeter Newspaper - Unreality TV — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:36:45 +0000

[...] of this years Apprentice TV show on BBC One, but soon after leaving the show, was fired from her job in the Met Office. Now it appears she has gotten the sack again, this time from her column in the Exeter Express and [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:55:01 +0000

I think she bigged up her background bug time – i.e. lied. Don’t the BBC actually check up on the CVs?
What is a 90K pa jet-setting man-eating management consultant doing working for the sleepy Met Office in Exeter? I also see the Met Office has said she didn’t earn 90K!
1) A partner in a top management consultancy will be earning much more than 90K – when I left consultancy about 5 years ago, base partner pay was about 175-200K, not including performance bonus. So 500-750K was achievable…
2) Er, I didn’t realise the Met Office was an international management consultancy
3) Top management consultancies tend to be based in central London and not Exeter

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:33:46 +0000

Well, frankly – she had it coming – she’s hardly made herself popular out of all of this (to wit the skit blog ). Nonetheless, she must be making a packet from her ‘paper deals, so I doubt she cares…!