The Emmy-award-winning reality television series Undercover Boss - which allows upper-level managers to perform job duties on the front lines to explore how their companies really operate and where improvements can be made - has included senior execs from Hooters, Roto-Rooter, NASCAR, Boston Market and Yankee Candle.
On Friday night, Eric Casaburi will become the first CEO from the fitness industry to appear on the show. Casaburi founded New Jersey-based Retro Fitness in 2004 based, he says, on the principles of perseverance, integrity, honesty and cleanliness. He went undercover on the show as a sales associate, a front-desk associate and a general manager, and he wasn't always pleased with what he saw - as this episode preview attests: