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According to some of the stuff I read on Plain Truth - surf around a bit on that site and you'll find the same material - they expect consultants to hit a slump a certain amount of time into the mission. At first, MK consultants are very enthusiastic, just naturally. You've just signed that consultant's contract, and you might actually like the product enough to want to push it to willing customers. At this point, you're still pretty customer-focused - you actually want to sell the product to the end user (customer). A lot of consultants stay at that level, too, despite the pressure. But then, some consultants "hit a wall." They've run out of relatives and friends on whom to push the product, and perhaps work colleagues are sick of hearing their spiel. They may have even quit to sell MK or Amway or whatever full-time. Then, the sales director's pressure begins in earnest. At the end of the month, they get a call - the SD needs to "make quota" or else she'll lose her unit, or the pink Cadillac, or whatever. So, she talks the consultant into buying enormous amounts of cosmetics, wholesale, just before the new line debuts. Or, the consultant is pressured into recruiting, and to climb up the corporate ladder (first Team Leader, then director, etc.).
posted by
kidnykid
on January 23, 2007 at 10:23 AM
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Very interesting read....
I guess the sales directors looked for people with lots of relatives and very large garages.....
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on January 23, 2007 at 8:59 AM
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