A reader who went to
Amway Free Enterprise Days gives us a first hand impression of what FED is
really like. (This is recycling an older post pre Covid)
At the FED I attended I got to see the inauguration of a new Diamond to the club.
To say the process was ridiculous, over the top, weird, and whatever other
adjective you want to throw in would be an understatement.
First of all they rolled out a giant red carpet as though they were a king and
queen. Then they had two long fences on each side where people eagerly trampled
over one another to get as close as possible to the new royalty. They were
giving high fives, hugs, and other congratulations as they watched their money
being filtered into these new diamonds bank accounts. It was like something
from the dark ages where people were paying their respects to the lords of the
land.
The new diamonds were dressed in a tuxedo and wedding dress with their two
little girls going down the aisle. (Yes they were essentially getting married to
Amway). At the end were their parents (executive diamonds), there to
congratulate them and give them their prize. A plaque on their giant diamond
shaped, cubic zerconium statue. As people ooed and awed at the moment, I
couldn't help but feel like something was wrong. When someone becomes a board
member at a new company, I don't believe it is typical for them to have 8,000
plus employees surround and worship them...in a stadium.
Then the creepiest thing happened when they made their complete transformation
into douchery. They gave a 40 min. garbage speech about living the dream just
like every rehearsed diamond speech, and then tried to really impress upon
everyone that if they can do it, YOU CAN DO IT!
Ultimately the experience was bizarre and negligent of the true
responsibilities they have to enrich their followers and help everyone become
successful. They must have spent 10's of thousands on this ridiculous ceremony,
and that probably equates the 1,000's of IBO's literally watching their money
being pissed away. A truly sickening experience.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
What’s Amway Free Enterprise Days FED Really Like?
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Would these two happen to have been Trevor and Lexi Baker? I know that Trevor's parents were in Amway. Trust me, we heard about it and they weren't even in our group!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in URA, Trevor and Lexi came to speak at one of our functions. And yes, he came full with all the rehashed Amway-isms which were branded as "mindset." Everything seemed to be out of books and I was reminded of the scene in "Good Will Hunting" where Robin Williams' character calls out Matt Damon's character about the lack of original thought as Damon's character would constantly quote and refer to various book passages.
And these Diamond crownings are exactly as the author described. The next-to-last function I attended, I had to watch one of those. It was dreadful. I also have heard that a new Diamond couple in my old group is being recognized next month and several hundred people are being forced to fly from the DC-area to Orlando to watch this happen. I'm sure IBOs are being told to sell stuff to afford to buy the plane tickets and purchase their hotel rooms (which people will be jammed five or six to a room) all to hear the same old speech that they already hear four to six times a year.
The brown-nosing is all apart of "edification" which the "system' pushes to make certain people seem holier-than-thou.
If anyone reads this...ANYONE, don't let these "leaders" sucker you in to attending these things. They will guilt you if you do not attend. But I would rather keep money in my pocket instead of giving it to Platinums and above. That would be my advice to you and you're getting this "mindset" for free. :)
Trevor and Lexi Baker? You mean Doofus and Dumbcunt? They're the king and queen of Amway bullshit.
DeleteAnonymous - Ambots are always being forced by the Amway cult leaders to do stuff they can't afford. Back when we were in the Amway cult, the cult leaders told any IBO who couldn't afford to attend a function to skip paying the rent or mortgage and use that money to buy tickets, hotels, etc. That's the shitty "business" advice given at Amway "business meetings". Send the Ambots into homelessness. How many Ambots out there aren't paying their rent even if they have income to do so just cause there's a halt on evictions. And instead to use that money to "invest" in their Amway business aka buy more overpriced shitty Amway products. That free rent ride is about to end while evictions are being processed again. And just cause you get evicted after not paying your rent for 18 months doesn't mean you still don't owe that money to your landlord. But I bet Amway cult leaders are putting their own spin on that to give their followers bad financial advice.
DeleteYup how many Ambots can you cram into a hotel room?
2nd Anonymous - it's hard to figure out which Amway cult leaders are the king and queen of lies and bullshit! LOL!
DeleteHi Anna, me again, this story reminds me of an Amway video I seen that looked like it was filmed somewhere in Asia. The Amway royal couple were being honored at an outdoor ceremony when a helicopter descended from the Amway Heavens, boarded them and ascended again as the Amway mere mortal hopefuls left behind oohed and aahed. So put on and fake and sad that some of them were probably wearing their only suit and had to pay extra attention to not get any stains on it because they couldn't be sure that their Ambot(im)mobile with an 1/8th tank of gas and bald tires will get them to the dry cleaners before their next cult meeting. Not selling much soap there but buying the hope.
ReplyDeleteLOL Ray! These Amway cult leaders are all about putting on shows to entertain the brainwashed Ambots. I'm sure enough admission was charged to pay for that helicopter flight!
DeleteWhat a mind-blowing description of pure idiocy.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine this kind of asinine "ceremony" taking place in a real corporation?
This just shows you that Amway is a business for low-grade morons.
That's right Anonymous. Normal businesses don't have over the top ceremonies when someone gets a promotion. An announcement at a staff meeting, an email to everyone, or a notice tacked on the staff bulletin board is usually sufficient.
DeleteWhat the lying scumbags at FED won't tell you is that the only way to get rich in Amway is to convince other assholes to join too.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous - you also have to be the best damned liar out there with no morals or conscience to get rich in Amway.
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