ThatFragranceGuy
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I’m sure anyone on facebook has seen over the last few years a huge rise in companies like body shop at home, scentsy, business bombshells, Ann summers, FM perfume, juice+, Herbalife, utility warehouse, inteletravel etc. Stay at home parents acting like they’re millionaires in waiting by selling tat
there are all network marketing firms / MLM’s which are essentially pyramid schemes in disguise as they have a product to hide behind but their reps are generally their biggest customers
in the USA these firms have to produce an income disclosure statement showing how many at each rung of the ladder and what average earnings are and we’ll over 90% fail to make money. One common one atm is inteletravel, recruiting as independent travel agents. There a joining fee and a monthly fee to pay, but you only get paid once people completed their holiday and if they cancel you get nowt so have worked for free. Imagine the cancellations now! In their figures over 95% of reps don’t make enough to pay the monthly fee, so they are literally customers or the company as payout them while doing work
There is no pay; only commission in sales and recruitment is heavily incentivised. They’re cult like, with toxic positively and fake it til you make it strongly encouraged - if you don’t make it you didn’t want it enough etc and anyone negative is a hater and a negative influence on your life. Some even do car plans and reps proudly proclaim they have earned a car. Reality is it’s a lease contract and if you don’t hit your monthly targets you have to pay the lease payment and tbe firm get kickback for this.
Likewiss they’ve earned free holidays - it’s conventions and need to pay for flights and spending money and attend seminars while there.
It puts strains on friendships and relationships as they see friend and family as sales opportunities
one of the most vile tricks they’re using atm is fake job ads that purport to offer full or part time work with as many hours to suit and no experience necessary. It’s a honey trap in the current environment where people are desperate for work, then they hit them with the sales pitch. MLM’s have exploded since Covid-19 due to everyone being at home and many losing their jobs
terrible business model that needs some regulation ASAP as the reps tell all sorts of lies to get sales “made in the same factory as designer brands” and “-‘axing weight loss results” & “approved by Martin Lewis” etc, company doesn’t care cos reps are making the claims and on the hook for any false claims.
at school fairs and Christmas markets (online this time round) the stalls are all MLM firms and they proudly tell you to support local businesses despite them funnelling cash out of local economies to multi million pound conglomerates and muscling our actual local businesses.
grim
there are all network marketing firms / MLM’s which are essentially pyramid schemes in disguise as they have a product to hide behind but their reps are generally their biggest customers
in the USA these firms have to produce an income disclosure statement showing how many at each rung of the ladder and what average earnings are and we’ll over 90% fail to make money. One common one atm is inteletravel, recruiting as independent travel agents. There a joining fee and a monthly fee to pay, but you only get paid once people completed their holiday and if they cancel you get nowt so have worked for free. Imagine the cancellations now! In their figures over 95% of reps don’t make enough to pay the monthly fee, so they are literally customers or the company as payout them while doing work
There is no pay; only commission in sales and recruitment is heavily incentivised. They’re cult like, with toxic positively and fake it til you make it strongly encouraged - if you don’t make it you didn’t want it enough etc and anyone negative is a hater and a negative influence on your life. Some even do car plans and reps proudly proclaim they have earned a car. Reality is it’s a lease contract and if you don’t hit your monthly targets you have to pay the lease payment and tbe firm get kickback for this.
Likewiss they’ve earned free holidays - it’s conventions and need to pay for flights and spending money and attend seminars while there.
It puts strains on friendships and relationships as they see friend and family as sales opportunities
one of the most vile tricks they’re using atm is fake job ads that purport to offer full or part time work with as many hours to suit and no experience necessary. It’s a honey trap in the current environment where people are desperate for work, then they hit them with the sales pitch. MLM’s have exploded since Covid-19 due to everyone being at home and many losing their jobs
terrible business model that needs some regulation ASAP as the reps tell all sorts of lies to get sales “made in the same factory as designer brands” and “-‘axing weight loss results” & “approved by Martin Lewis” etc, company doesn’t care cos reps are making the claims and on the hook for any false claims.
at school fairs and Christmas markets (online this time round) the stalls are all MLM firms and they proudly tell you to support local businesses despite them funnelling cash out of local economies to multi million pound conglomerates and muscling our actual local businesses.
grim
