Question by Kristeeny: Herbalife weight loss consultant?
So I responded to a job/internship offer to be a health consultant for weight loss and helping people get healthy. I went to this “interview” and it was about Herbalife products. The girl who was talking to me said this was all about helping people achieve their weight loss goals, which really appealed to me, and she only briefly talked about the products, as if it wasn’t of the greatest importance. Then I went home and researched Herbalife and found out about how it is a MLM system. The girl didn’t tell me anything about recruiting others (as I know that’s how MLM works). I emailed her and said politely that I didn’t want to be a part of this because MLM wasn’t for me. She called me back and explained that I wasn’t expected to really sell the products but just to help her clients with weight loss challenges and helping people get healthy.
So that’s where I’m stuck, is she saying this because she genuinely wants to help me help others or is it clever wordplay to get me into the Herbalife system? I mean I didn’t pay anything, she paid for the information packet, but I am listed now as a “distributor” and they want me to go to a training session on Saturday.
Any (positive) advice would be lovely.
Best answer:
Answer by Gaytheist Buddha
Good for you doing research!
MLM schemes are all about exploitation.
If you are part of an MLM and don’t believe you exploit members that you recruit, let me ask you this: Why won’t you let the friends that you recruit buy from your upstream provider just like you? Other than getting them started, you offer little of value but take a large chunk out of their sales. In fact, your upstream provider takes a large commission from your downstream sales team, who probably never even know who is your upstream provider. Your upstream provider charges your downstream for no legitimate reason.
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