When Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) are taught by their "great" diamond leaders to blame themselves for not working the business hard enough or for not doing things exactly right, even if they follow upline's instructions to the letter, they are referred to as "excellent diamond leaders." In fact, nothing could be further from the truth than this statement. Many people put out considerable effort but are nevertheless unsuccessful in their endeavours. In order to free themselves of any blame, uplines instruct their downlines that failure in Amway is entirely their own (the downline's) responsibility. Upline, on the other hand, is quick to claim credit for any success, no matter how insignificant.
However, the reason that hard labour does not always translate into success is that an Amway IBO is essentially a commissioned salesperson. In commissioned sales, it is possible to work extremely hard for little or no compensation, and at other times, little effort can result in significant profits. However, because of Amway's poor image, Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) are handed a disadvantage that they are unable to overcome. Getting new people to attend recruitment meetings is difficult enough without taking into consideration their ability to sponsor others. It's easy to see why uplines teach that you should buy from yourself and that selling is not necessary when you take all of this into consideration. It diverts attention away from the fact that selling at less than competitive prices is almost impossible (in general)
Additionally, IBOs are urged to join the "system," which includes organisations such as WWDB, LTD, N21, and others. The method is expensive, and it instructs IBOs to participate in a variety of non-income producing activities, such as attending innumerable meetings and gatherings that do not result in an increase in overall sales volume. Consider a store owner who keeps his or her store closed all of the time so that he or she can meet with other business owners and/or someone who pushes them to do things that don't generate sales volume. That business owner would fail, as do at least 99 percent of Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs).
The labour involved is really straightforward. Sell products and recruit other independent business owners (IBOs) to your downline so that you may leverage your volume. Many Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) work hard, attend all of the functions, and follow all of the stages as indicated by their upline, but only a small percentage of them receive incentives, and the majority of them depart when they realise that the system does not work. It is unfortunate that, in addition to losing money, IBOs are also encouraged to place responsibility on themselves for their own failure. Where is the upline when IBOs are busting their buttocks working really hard and get little compensation? To make matters worse, uplines earn from the sale of training and motivation to their downlines, which further compounds the problem. Why aren't they being held to account?
Some Amway defenders have expressed a desire to sue Amway critics for a potential loss of sales, which I found amusing. However, the majority of detractors, like myself, are merely voicing our personal experiences and thoughts. Many of these statements are genuine and are still occurring today. What about the millions of former IBOs who, it is possible, may have lost billions of dollars as a result of misleading statements that led them to feel they would become wealthy by following upline advice? It's possible that former IBOs should band together and launch lawsuits against unscrupulous upline supervisors who led them astray. How can IBOs lose business as a result of a critic when the great majority of them do nothing and/or fail in the long run?
However, with Amway, hard work does not equate to success, and I challenge anyone to prove me wrong in this regard.
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