Are the other Apprentice's still working for Trump?

 We all know about Bill Rancic and his 'success' but other the other still employed by Trump?

Yes, they are working for Trump but it may not be a dream job like they were promised.  Here is a Newsweek Article with the details:


What's Second Prize? 

A reality check on what 'The Apprentice' winners won


May 23, 2005 issue - As the winner of the second

"Apprentice," Kelly Perdew should be in line for a top

job in the Trump organization. But you'd never know

that from his office. His desk is in a small,

windowless space next to the assistant to Donald

Trump's wife, Melania (Perdew has no assistant). The

walls are bare, except for a dry-erase board and a

U.S. map, stuck with pins marking the distributors

he's signed to buy his boss's new line of bottled

water, Trump Ice. "This is going to be big," he vows.


That, of course, is the same promise Trump made about

the job waiting for the lucky contestant who survives

long enough to hear him say, "You're hired.'' (He'll

be picking this season's winner on Thursday.) In the

series premiere, Trump promised the top prize of a job

as president of one of his companies. But spend some

time with winners of the first two seasons, and the

reality of this reality show becomes clear: the

apprentices' $250,000-a-year gigs are less about

climbing the corporate ladder, and more about using

their "Apprentice" celebrity to promote Trump. Then

again, perhaps it should come as no surprise that

Trump may have engaged in a bit of overselling (or

"truthful hyperbole'' as he's called it). "It's a

little bit too much to ask someone to be the president

of a $800 million building when they haven't had that

kind of experience,'' he says.


Perdew and Bill Rancic, the first season's winner,

were given the title of "owner's representative,'' and

recently were also named executive vice presidents. On

Perdew's first day, his boss introduced him to Florida

developers working on a Trump-branded condo in Tampa.

"Mr. Trump said, 'OK, Kelly, you're going to go help

promote sales of the building'," Perdew recalls. He

then spent about 20 days in the area, chatting on the

radio, attending parties and talking to the press.

These days, he's supposed to split his time between

launching the bottled-water brand and sitting in on

discussions about a new condo in Florida and a

commercial building in Manhattan. But his calendar is

filled with many distractions—speeches to

entrepreneurs about Trump and "The Apprentice,"

deadlines for writing a book about how the military

teaches business skills, and acting in an ad for the

Department of Defense (voice-over by you-know-who).


Rancic, ostensibly put in charge of the $800 million

"Chicago: Trump Tower'' project, seems to spend as

much of his time reliving his TV star turn, too. He'll

warm up a crowd of real-estate brokers or potential

buyers by talking about "The Apprentice," then the

marketing team takes over to talk specifics. "His

celebrity is a draw," says Tere Proctor, the

building's director of sales. The rest of the time, he

shadows another Trump exec in White Plains, N.Y., to

learn about construction. "I'm getting a full-time

education here," he says, on his way to inspect a new

clubhouse on the same golf course his final task was

staged. "I'm not going to be a 20-year employee," he

adds. "I'm an entrepreneur—my goal is to go on and do

a deal of my own."


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