December 2nd, 2020 at 11:13 PM
There is an Aptiv near my hometown that does this. They sell pesticides door to door, and it's all 18 year olds who are flashy and drive mercedes Benz everywhere they go, but rent the cars and switch them out every three weeks. After talking to them, it turns out they don't actually make much from their sales. They get a cut from everyone else's sales who they recruited to work under them, and therefore, their entire business model is around exploiting and recruiting as many people as possible.
Somehow, the people at the top manage to "make" six figures (selling pesticides, just think). But everyone else is just screwed. And their employees aren't the nicest people. They're quite arrogant and seem quite detached with reality around them, so everyone in my town just sort of laughs at them.
I've noticed that not all MLMs are this bad. YL and Amway aren't the way Aptiv is by any means, and their sellers are much nicer people. They're selling real products rather than pesticides too, so there's that.
In terms of sales, MLMs are honestly probably quite effective. I just find the prices to be so inflated and it's very difficult to actually make money within them.
Somehow, the people at the top manage to "make" six figures (selling pesticides, just think). But everyone else is just screwed. And their employees aren't the nicest people. They're quite arrogant and seem quite detached with reality around them, so everyone in my town just sort of laughs at them.
I've noticed that not all MLMs are this bad. YL and Amway aren't the way Aptiv is by any means, and their sellers are much nicer people. They're selling real products rather than pesticides too, so there's that.
In terms of sales, MLMs are honestly probably quite effective. I just find the prices to be so inflated and it's very difficult to actually make money within them.
