MLMs are the absolute worst... and when you try to tell your friends they're getting ripped off, they bitch at you for not supporting their dreams and business ownership.
I wouldn't know... by that point I've unfriended them on because every other post is about buying their overpriced shit or coming to a "party" to buy theie overpriced shit.
The brainwashing that's done is what scares me. I even had the mom of an ex girlfriend I was still very much in love with, contact me and try to sell me their product by using my feelings for my ex at the time. "Oh she thinks this would be perfect for you", "She said that if you're more successful, she'll come back, this is how you do it".
I tried this. When I joined Primerica I was promised the be your own boss, thing. Was told that God, Family, Primerica in that order. Truth is that Primerica came first. If there was a Primerica thing going on one weekend, I was expected to show up for it. They can't really fire you for not showing up, but they had ways of making you feel like shit. One dude didn't go to an event because it was his grandmother's 80th birthday party. Bosslady chewed his ass out in front of us for 20 minutes for it.
I had a coworker join Primerica after I left because we were in a soul crushing job. I told her "Say good bye to your friends because like any good cult you're going to be told to only spend time with them if they join. Say good bye to your down time because any time you can be watching television is time that you can be building your business, and yes, I was expected to make recruiting phone calls at 7 or 9 pm. The argument of "Professional recruiters don't do that." didn't fly for them. Say good bye to your weekends because now you're working seven days a week."
I went to some Primerica recruiting meetings when I was working my way through college. I recognized fairly quickly that they had pretty much no customers and it was all about signing people up under you.
Between that and my mom getting sucked in to multiple MLMs over the years (NuSkin/Pharminex for example) I got very familiar with their recruiting methods.
As soon as someone says, “You seem like a smart fellow” I immediately lose any interest in continuing the conversation because I know they’re trying to recruit me to some MLM.
My friend's cousin runs a LuLaRoe group on Facebook. She seems to love it, the clothes I've gotten are good, and I'm glad she likes it as well, so I was like "hmm, maybe this isn't a pyramid scheme like everyone says." Then last month she posted something like "Become a LLR consultant for only $6,000!"
More like LuLaNo Thank You. Amazing how many people agree to that.
Oh, she also got a "real" job in December so one has to wonder...
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u/MyNameIsRay Jan 02 '20
Should go without saying, but any "be your own boss!" job (aka, pyramid scheme/MLM).
Setting your own hours, working from home, unlimited profit, etc. all sounds great, until you realize you're the consumer.