Home Party Business or Direct Selling
Posted by thecanvasgrey on June 24, 2007
Through direct selling* I have:
No medical insurance
No life insurance
No disability insurance
No sick day pay
No vacation pay
No option for a 401 (k) or employer contributions to a 401 (k)
No pension
No free training (REAL training) — that means teaching and telling what is in the products, how it works, how to apply, what may be in the products that would disagree with certain skin types and allergies, etc.
To pay for airfare, lodging to seminars, “classes”, “training” events
Not much SSI credit, which is based on income
No defined time of work and off time
All the same responsibilities (finding a sitter kids, cooking, cleaning, homework) WITH THE ADDED STRESS (see next)
All the responsibilities of finding bookings, getting a high percentage of people to buy on their first introduction to product, overhead of running a “business”, pressure of buying more product from up-line, pressure from up-line to create a down-line, finding the extra money needed to go to seminar, buying gifts and samples for customers.
I could go on…
*Direct selling companies: i.e. Mary Kay, Amway, Quintar, Home Interiors, various candle and jewelry, Pampered Chef………..let’s face it MOST home party/catalog books through friends and family are direct selling companies!
The facts are the “consultant” or “sales person” is the real customer.
Please check out some of my links to sites with more information! Or just Google any of the names above and learn with an open mind.
