Thanks to a reader for sharing they’re not getting
scammed into the Amway cult. And before any fucking Amway assholes show up here
and bitch that FED Free Enterprise Days ain’t going on right now, it was at the
time this was written. So any Amway assholes want to show up here and bitch
that FED ain’t happening right now can take their fucked up holier than thou
Amway attitudes and shove it up their asses. This reader gives a very accurate
description of what happens at every Amway function. No actual business advice
is ever given. Why bother? Amway is a pretend business. Every Amway cult leader
that speaks to the audience says exactly the same thing.
What an entertaining blog. It's a bit rough around the edges, but more
informative than the FED I'm skipping right now. Yes, the FED is live right now
and I'm outside listening to podcasts and reading some blogs. Maybe the readers
would be interested in the opinion of a first-time attendee (and guest) at the
"Function."
1. Disclaimer: I am not an IBO. And after coming to the FED I have no intention
of ever spending a penny on any products or meetings or materials or
conferences that this organization sells or endorses.
2. Nothing in the 3 days -not a single presentation- has been genuinely
informative. There have been no business plans or spread sheets or
money-management tips. No one has given the almost 4500 people any useful tips
re. networking or brand management. The sum total of the entire conference is:
To get this BLING you've got to keep trying and never give up. This would be
acceptable from one or two speakers but it's the same message from ALL of them.
3. At the beginning of the "Function" there was a lot of patriotism -
anthems and flags and salutes. This is called priming. It's bringing the
audience to a state of mind that is enjoyable so that the other messages go
through easily, without resistance. And this is all over the place: live pop
music (with a truly talentless group) in stage; appeals to the sanctity of
marriages and relationships ALL the time (a good tactic since many attendees
are couples) before putting forward the exact message again.
4. The presentations by couples all follow the same routine. First the (usually
pretty, usually blonde) wife speaks about how the business was challenging at
the beginning and how it brought the couple together through adversity. Then
the husband speaks about the adversities and tough times etc. It's a lot like
bad reality TV. And, again, it's all the same as the other pretty couple. It's
all the same and all of it is bad.
One pretty wife said that she climbed 9 steps to the stage, to make a point of
the 9 steps of the principle (or something) but this attendee went to the other
side of the auditorium and counted the steps - 7! :(
5. (Final point, though I could go on) The best thing about the
"Function" is those who have come to watch. And to learn. There are
scores of attendees who are clearly honest, ambitious, committed, and kind.
There are many who scribble away into notepads and others who could definitely
do great things - it's clear that they want to make something of themselves.
And this is the worst part of it all. That so many people are bound for failure
- in any pyramid there's only room for one person at the top. To anyone reading
this who has had enough of "the business" I applaud you. You tried to
make something of yourself. Next time, do your due diligence. I wish you way
more than luck.
The person writing this account has zeroed in on the real truth about all of these stupid "functions." They serve no real business purpose, since they never give useful information about how to sell Amway products, or how to recruit a down-line, or how to manage expenses, or how to show the "Plan."
ReplyDeleteInstead, all these functions do is stir up enthusiasm and optimism and fantasy. There's nothing wrong with those three things, but by themselves they can't give you success in a retail business. You don't become successful in a genuine business by listening to speech after speech about how a couple went from rags to riches by joining Amway and "never quitting."
It's all hype and rah-rah cheerleading. The music, the patriotic speeches, the photos and films of a jet-set lifestyle with mansions and private jets -- all paraded in front of the audience for hours and days! It is designed to numb your intelligence, and crush any doubts you might have about the Amway racket.
Fortunately, fewer and fewer persons are showing up for these annual fantasy-festivals. Amway is shrinking, slowly but surely.
Anonymous - and this person summed up the Amway experience very well. It could have been any one of Amway's major brainwashing conferences. More of these "guests" are seeing right through the whole ScAmway bullshit.
DeleteIt's crazy how Amway has these nonsensical, brainwashing, cult gatherings (whoops, functions) FOUR times a year, and been doing so for decades now. Have they ever tried anything new? Yet so many Ambots devoutly go to them for more brainwashing and delusions.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous - nothing ever changes in Amway. Well the faces change as Ambots quit and are replace by new Ambots and the prices go up but the bullshit Amspeak at Amway brainwashing conferences is always the same. You'd think those lying scumbags should be trying to get into congress instead of running Amway cult meetings.
DeleteAmway always weasels out of responsibility for the lies and deceptions at the "functions." Amway claims that those gatherings are arranged and sponsored solely by the AMO subsystems (WWG, BWW, Network 21, etc.), and therefore the Amway Corporation has no control over what is said and done there.
ReplyDeleteThis is a legalistic evasion, since Amway depends heavily on those "functions" to keep low-level IBOs fired up and spending money. It's like collecting rent from a whorehouse, but saying that you have nothing to do with what goes on there.
Amway is good at this kind of legalistic lying.
LOL Anonymous! Collecting rent on a whorehouse but refusing to take responsibility for what goes on there. Exactly how Amway's big wigs refuse to take responsibility for what is said at Amway cult meetings! You gotta be one of the best fucking liars around to have any chance of making money in ScAmway.
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