(I want to make it clear that this text is based on MY personal experience.)
First of all, what is network marketing?
Basically, it’s a company where you pay to join and can recruit other people to join your team in order to move up the ranks. You’re paid on commission; your earnings depend on your sales and those of the people below you. MLM (Network Marketing) is often widely used on social media platforms.
That being said, let’s get to my rant.
I get that you want to make money, you want people under you to climb the ladder, and you want to be really successful. But let’s be honest—sometimes what you tell people to recruit them just doesn’t make any sense.
When you come up to me, copy-pasting the same message you just sent to 30 other women before me, explaining how your company changed your life and that I should do the same so I can stay home with my daughter (because I’m trying my hardest not to send her to daycare), and that I, apparently, I must be so unhappy getting up every morning to go to work, and the traffic depresses me—it makes me a little—a lot—irritated.
You know, I tried being a stay-at-home mom and I fell into a pretty deep hole. I realized I wasn’t cut out for it; I was really depressed and sinking into a deep depression. I went back to work, and today, my life is so much better. My daughter isn’t neglected just because she goes to daycare about five days a week—quite the opposite. She does way more activities with her amazing teachers than she ever could with me. She socializes with other kids, whereas here at home, she’s an only child.
So when you go on and on about the benefits of staying home, it makes my teeth grind—you’re not in my head. Not all moms are cut out to stay home, and that’s perfectly fine.
When you tell me that I’m not following my dreams, that working from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. isn’t a real life, and so on… I’m sorry, but for me, that makes me happy. I love the routine I have with my family.
I know your training isn’t always comprehensive or that you’re trying to follow what your leaders do, but those tactics for recruiting others—assuming we’re scraping by because we work Monday through Friday—that’s a no.