I will first admit that I stopped reading your post once it started
to sound like the same drivle that ALL MLM's spew at you about all
this "free time" garbage. I didn't want to throw up my breakfast.
My employer offers a certain dollar amount toward Helath Insurance
premiums. Depending on the package you choose, it may be 100% paid
for. I choose the 100% coverage plan, so I contribute to my monthly
premiums, but it's well worth what I get. The 401K, they match
dollar for dollar up to 5%, if I recall correctly. I contribute 4%
and I am 100%matched. For vacation, we get 17 days a year, and I
don't have to "ask permission". We are treated as adults and just
put it on our calendar and let people know. Oh, and how is
contributing money before taxes to MYSELF, coming out of my pocket?
I get to see it later. It's not like I wasted it on RAH-RAH
conferences or "business builders".
I am glad I no longer believe the "Dream" that MLM's brainwash you
into thinking is reality.
One wake up call was when I was planning my 10 year class reunion a
few years ago. I realized I would be completely embarrassed to say
something like... "I am a Mary Kay consultant" (Or any other MLM
consultant). I felt like being an MLM "business owner" was code word
for "failure". It doesn't take any knowledge or skill to join an
MLM. It just takes $$ and the ability to sign your name. I wanted
to do something that I could take pride in. Why go to college, get a
degree and throw it all away?
I am not in any way envious or impressed by the Mary Kay lady,
Tupperware Consultant, or whatever other MLM you want to proclaim as
the secret to success. It's all garbage and lies.
--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@
wrote:
>
> I agree completely, Vicki! However, I am wondering...
company give you health insurance for free? Does your company
contribute 100% of your 401K earnings? I'm sure they may contribute
something toward it, but YOU are the major contributor, and that
money comes out of your pocket. Do they pay for your vacations? No,
you do. Sure, you earn the leave time...but so do I, as an MLM-er.
There is nothing wrong with being an MLM-er IF...and this is a
HUGE "IF"....they are with a reputable company.
>
> And, I will admit that there are VERY FEW MLM companies that
actually "work" and allow the distributor to earn a decent income.
And very few that can be considered "reputable". Most of the MLM
companies out there do not have marketing programs designed to
actually have a distributor succeed. But, I think it's unfair to
group ALL MLM companies into that "they all suck" category.
>
> I left a job a year ago that paid me just under $50K a year...I'm
sure many on this list make a lot more than that, but it is well
above the national average. I left corporate America after 20 years.
I am now home to put my kids on the bus in the morning, and get them
off the bus in the afternoon. They don't have to have daycare, or
before/after school care anymore, because I am here with them. I will
be spending EVERY DAY of the summer when theyr'e not in school with
them...they won't be at day camps or daycare the way they were for
years, when I was working, because my husband works also, and goes on
travel quite frequently for his job. We will be spending our days
together, going to the beach, the pool, doing crafts, going on
picnics, fishing, hanging out with their gandparents and cousins, and
some other great things we have planned, including a vacation to the
ocean! Some days, when it's too hot out, we may just sit and watch
movies and eat popcorn!
>
> Do I work a few nights a week, for a few hours a night? Yes. But
I also average $50/hour doing what I do. Yes, I have to pay taxes on
my income...everyone does. But, guess what...I am home the rest of
the time. Do you have to work to make money? Of course you do. You
can't just sit home and collect a paycheck, unless you are on a
government program, or retirement/pension. Let's face it...you
typically have to work to earn an income. And the 9-to-5 world isn't
the only way.
>
> My husband and I were able to take a trip to Europe a few weeks
ago; it's the FIRST EVER time we have had a vacation together like
that, just the two of us. And we didn't have to stress over trying to
coordinate our leave schedules like we did when we both worked full-
time jobs, because I didn't have to worry about "asking" someone if I
could go!
>
> I spend a few hours each day making phone calls to prospective
hostesses who WANT my product, packaging up catalogs and mailing or
delivering them, and a few nights a week (or afternoons, because I
sometimes do presentations to women during their lunchbreaks at local
restaurants! How cool is that!) doing home presentations. And I am
marketing to people who want my product. I know this because at some
prior home presentation, they asked me to call them! So, I'm not
playing "telemarketer"
money. And I'm not pushy about it. I don't have to be. My product is
awesome, and it really sells itself. I make a good commission on
what I sell.
>
> Today I will be cleaning my house, and working on part of the
garden that my neighbor (also a stay-at-home mom) have been
creating...and it's going to be 80 degrees and sunny out! We will
probably stop at some point and have lunch, and a glass of wine.
Then, I'll walk to the end of the street, and meet my kids when they
get off the bus; we'll go in, do homework, have dinner, baths, etc.
>
> I wouldn't trade ANY of this for a 9-to-5 job ever
again...regardless of how much it paid me. By the way, I am bringing
home as much every month ("take home pay") as I was (sometimes more!)
when I was working my 9-to-5 job, just in case anyone was
thinking, "Yeah, she's living off her husband's salary." Nope. Not
in our house. It's not possible. We are not rich by any means, but
we are very happy with the freedoms that I now have...my husband
hated our girls being in daycare; he hated how stressed out I was
trying to work full time and care for the house, the yard, & the kids
and their activities when he was on travel.
>
> I am a much happier, less-stressed person now. And I love my
life. And I love that an MLM has helped put me here....honestly, and
with integrity.
>
> Again, I DO ADMIT that there are many, many MLM scams out
there...but they're not all like that. There are a very select few
that actually do work. Emphasis on "few"!
>
> People thinking about an MLM need to ask LOTS of questions and
not just jump in because of a few promises of wealth and freedom.
There are way too many life-altering pitfalls you can fall into. Been
there, done that.
>
> Terra
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Vicki <v_eller@...
> Think whatever you want about MLM. It doesn't make it
true. As for
> me - I am so glad that MLM is out of my life. I have MORE time to
> spend with my baby, wathing him grow, learn, etc. I have a 9-5 job
> that pays me more than they probably should. I have low stress, had
> a 100% PAID maternity leave, vacation, health insurance, 401k,
etc.,
> etc. I don't have to pound pavement, approach strangers, risk going
> into strangers' homes... I don't have to convince anyone my product
> is somehow better than what they are using. No recruiting. I KNOW
> how much money I will earn each month and can plan accordingly. Oh
> and did I mention the TIME I get to spend with my family???? I
> spent more time away from home chasing the "dream". Never got
> anything out of it. No amount of so-called wealth is worth losing
> time with loved-ones.
>
> --- In mlmsurvivorsclub@
> >
> > Hi MLMSurvivors,
> >
> > The subject line is not a joke, I am a MLMer & have been for a
long
> > time. I've joined your club because I simply want to understand
the
> > other side of the coin, and I hereby solemnly swear that I won't
> EVER
> > sponsor anyone from this network even if you suddenly have a
> change of
> > heart about the industry. That is not my intention. So, any
> questions
> > about what company i am with, etc will not be entertained ok.
> >
> > My personal vision is to promote a balanced awareness about the
> > industry (which, I confess, I love very much), and to stand for it
> > being conducted in a manner that is professional, ethical & with
> > integrity through firstly, my own personal actions. And my goal
> here
> > is to learn from all of you - and serve if I may, to contribute
> > constructively where I can.
> >
> > So, if you can welcome a stranger into your home on the context of
> > open learning, sharing & possibly healing for each other, then I
> thank
> > you graciously.
> >
> > Anyways, if anyone feels like I'm violating the group laws OR my
> own
> > set limits as declared, you can always report it to the Mod & get
> me
> > kicked out.;)
> >
> > Regards
> > JL
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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