Undercover Boss Israel

*Undercover Boss Israel*
Undercover Boss Israel
	בוס בהסוואה
Genre	Undercover Boss (franchise)

Undercover Boss (

the British series of the same name

. Each episode depicts a person who has a high management position at a major business, deciding to become undercover as an entry-level employee to discover the faults in the company.

Format

Each episode features a high-ranking executive or the owner of a corporation going

documentary about entry-level workers in a particular industry. They spend approximately one week undercover, working in various areas of their company operations, with a different job and in most cases a different location each day. They are exposed to a series of predicaments with amusing results, and invariably spend time getting to know the people who work in the company, learning about their professional and personal challenges.^[2]

At the end of their week undercover, the executives return to their true identity and request the employees they worked with individually to corporate headquarters. The bosses reveal their identity, and reward hard-working employees through campaign, promotion, or financial rewards, while other employees are given training or better working conditions.

Episodes

Series		Episodes	Originally aired
Series		Episodes	Series premiere	Series finale
	1	6^[1]	January 2013	March 2013
	2	9	April 2015	June 2015

Series 1: 2013

No.	Title	Boss	Original airdate
1	"Isrotel"	V.P. Operations Shlomi Tachan	TBA
2	"Albar"	CEO Yinon Amit	TBA
3	"Pizza Hut"	Owner & CEO Udi Shamai	TBA
4	"Café Café"	Owner Mickey Til	TBA
5	"Team 3"	Owner & CEO Nir Gilboa	TBA
6	"The Excellent Employee"	N/A	TBA

Note: Episode 6 did not focus on a new company, it was filmed 6 months after the original ones, as a follow-up.[3]

Series 2: 2015

A second season was picked up,^[4] which aired in 2015 and contained 9 additional episodes.^[5]

No.	Title	Boss	Original airdate
1	"Burgus Burger Bar"	Owner Yaron Israel	TBA
2	"Na'amat"	Chairman Galya Wolach	TBA
3	"Holmes Place"	Owner & ECO Jonathan Fisher	TBA
4	"Israel Electric Corporation"	ECO Iftach Ron Tal	TBA
5	"Yenot Bitan"	Deputy CEO Yossi Bitan	TBA
6	"Fattal"	Director General Reuben Elkes	TBA
7	"Mey Eden"	V.P. Marketing Michael Rabinovich	TBA
8	"Golf & Co"	TBA	TBA
9	"El Al"	V.P. Computing Ofer Tzabari	TBA

Criticism

Many criticized the show for focusing too much on the company. By focusing on the company rather than the interaction, critics said the show became just one big advertisement for the companies.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Undercover Boss – Retrieved 10 September 2014
^ "בוס בהסוואה": גם המסר האמיתי מוסווה – Retrieved 10 September 2014
^ The Excellent Employee – Retrieved 10 September 2014
^ הפקות טלוויזיה נדחות, The Voice מתארכת – Retrieved 10 September 2014
^ Undercover Boss New Season
^ אסף גיל: "בוס בהסוואה אינה סרט תדמית" – Retrieved 10 September 2014

[gil-1] Undercover Boss – Retrieved 10 September 2014

[2] "בוס בהסוואה": גם המסר האמיתי מוסווה – Retrieved 10 September 2014

[3] The Excellent Employee – Retrieved 10 September 2014

[4] הפקות טלוויזיה נדחות, The Voice מתארכת – Retrieved 10 September 2014

[5] Undercover Boss New Season

[6] אסף גיל: "בוס בהסוואה אינה סרט תדמית" – Retrieved 10 September 2014

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