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Students should avoid THIS job "opportunity"!
Wednesday WisdomThere are Multi-Level Marketing businesses that specifically target students, so I want to make sure that students are familiar with these and can look out for them. MLMs are businesses that often encourage their sales reps to use unethical sales and recruitment tactics. While they sell products or services, more emphasis is placed on recruiting more sales reps and this is more lucrative in their compensation schemes. The products are overpriced in order to pay a variety of levels of commissions. But one of the main reasons I would advise students (or anyone) to not participate in these business models is actually because of the lack of protections. Because sales reps are independent contractors, they don't get basic worker protections like a required minimum wage, paycheque deductions, or standardized working hours. This means that sales reps can do a ton of work without being paid. These companies can also terminate sales reps easily, and sometimes the companies just shut down with very little notice, or cancel their MLM structure. This recently happened with Rodan & Fields and also Beautycounter. The reps found themselves without an employer on very short notice. You can read the full resource here for more info. ResourcesCheck out all these great resources about MLMs: Government of Canada MLM & pyramid selling page Canadian anti-MLM Creators:Brandie Hadfield: Instagram & Substack Julie Anderson: Instagram & Youtube Sarah Edmundson (more anti-cult but also anti-MLM): A Little Bit Culty Podcast American anti-MLM Creators:Briannah Jewel: Youtube & Instagram Chelsea Suarez: Youtube Deanna Mims: Youtube & Instagram Erin Bies: Youtube & Instagram Eva Mateja: Youtube & Instagram Hannah Alonzo Thaler: Youtube & Instagram Isabella Lanter: Youtube & Instagram Julie Jo: Youtube & Instagram Savannah Marie: Youtube & Instagram ChooseYourUni NewsI am still gathering feedback on these Wednesday Wisdom emails. What would you like to see in this space? What are you looking for more of? Let me know by filling out this quick survey or hit reply and let me know! |
Colleen | ChooseYourUni.ca
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