Thursday, September 3, 2015

IBO Responsibility?

One of the disturbing things I have noticed about Amway IBOs and IBO leaders is how they wlll tell downline to trust them. To trust them as they have already blazed a trail. No need to re-invent the wheel. Just ride the coattails of your upline to success. The system is proven. Many IBOs take this to heart and put forth tremendous effort. Then when they fail, upline will shun them and tell them that the failure is their own. That they are personally responsible for failure.

Now I am not talking about IBOs who sign up and do nothing, or never place an order. I do believe that the fact that many IBOs sign up and do nothing brings concerns about how these IBOs were recruited, but I di not recall ever seeing an IBO do nothing and then complain that Amway was a scam or anything like that.

I have found, however, that many people who are critical of Amway and the systems, put forth much effort, did everything they were told, and did not find the success that upline promoted, or in some cases, guaranteed. My former sponsor was still active, last I heard and has been in Amway for over 15 years. I do not believe he has ever gone beyond platinum, and I know that he was never a Q12 platinum. Some Amway apologists might see being a platinum as a bonus, but when you are hard core sold out to the systems, platinum is a break even or make a small profit business. Factor in that time spent by husband and wife and these folks are breaking even or making a fraction of minumum wage. Is this the dream that will allow you to buy mansions with a cash payment?

What is also disturbing is how people will tout the system as responsible for any success, but hide the vast majority that the system doesn't help. Sure, some will succeed in Amway, but for every success, there are hundreds if not thousands who fail. And if you consider diamond as the benchmark of success, the failures could be in the millions. As I said, some succeed, but very very few in relation to the number who try. Going diamond is probably less common in the US than winning the lottery.

Succeed and the systems and upline take credit, but fail or quit and it is your own responsibility. Are these the kinds of leaders or mentors you want advice from? Where's the personal responsibility of the leaders and mentors? There are many stories of IBOs doing exactly what they were advised, only to lose money and/or fail. Where's the responsibility of the leaders? The tools system is win win for the upline leaders with the downlines getting a lose lose situation.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ur post n comments r basically all the same,all related 2 tools system,y dun u jz gather all the evidence v oth helps n sue Amway n Amwayians in the court,that's simple?In our Malaysia here,almost all the system tools are being produced by the company with no PV/BV,those groups who wish 2 sell the system tools mz get approval n permission frm the company b4 it can b sold out.The prices of those tools,tickets n seminar need 2 follow the rates fixed by company n those in-charge mz have signature on the application letter together v forms.All activities r being regulated by the company and the accounting info regarding to money need 2 b submitted 2 relevant government authorities,with bank accounts of the groups being provided.There r few cases whr the bank accounts of those groups r being audited n suspended by government authorities n those in-charge r being called by the company n government authorities 2 assist in investigation.

Joecool said...

Thanks for your comments.