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The show on it's own not comparing it to the Office is fine. It needs time to grow I guess, hopefully it will find it's legs in the second season. The "Me Too" joke on the first episode was distasteful and there is some cringe through the season. My biggest criticism is that the character Esmerelda is complete garbage and not in a way that you love to hate a character, she just is jarring to the entire growth of the entire cast. She tries to ruin everything in a sense that makes me want to go away from the screen or turn it off everytime she's on. Get rid of or change Esmerelda and the potential will grow.

I have a LOT to say about this show, some things I didn't like, some things I loved, and some things I don't know how to feel about, but overall, considering I expected this to be pretty bad looking at the reviews and the trailer, it was actually pretty great.

Give it a shot and look at it as it's own thing, don't compare it to the office too much, it's a different show just with a simular setting.

I think if they remove or at least tone down Esmeralda and flesh out the characters this could be a great show.

Unfortunately, I have to agree with the masses. 15mins into the show, irritated by Esmeralda. Kinda reached a stage I am skipping all her parts. I like the tempo of the show, there are some good potential characters for further development. Nice to see an OG Oscar, still brings delight to the TV screen.

I didn't have much hope for this show. I figured it would be a bad attempt at recreating the Office. But it's actually pretty funny. Much better than I thought it would be. That being said, Esmeralda is absolutely unbearable and single handily ruins the show. I don't know if the writers thought people would like her, find her funny, or what their plan was for her. But her character is so bad it makes me want to turn the show off every time she's on the screen. If she were removed, season 2 could truly be great.

She's like Nellie, but ten times worse. Everything she's done through three episodes has been irritating. I understand the point of having a character like this, but it's baffling that her nonstop aggravating presence - especially for such a seemingly central role - made it to production without getting flagged.