Betterware Distributors Problem

[VoiceOfSanity]

I have tried being a Betterware distributor for a couple of weeks and it's not a good company to work for.

 

It trades under a typically American, high pressure, model of operating.

 

 

The co-ordinators are pressured into placing a high level of orders which, in turn, means that they have to pressure their distributors to get a high level.

 

 

My co-ordinator has been pressuring me to deliver 300 catalogues since day 1.

 

 

Like the original contributer I am only getting a very small amount of catalogues back.

This seems to have annoyed her but I am not "hunting" streets so that I can make the numbers up.

 

 

My orders have been sparse (around £180 in two weeks).

It will be interesting to see if she suddenly mentions a minimum order total.

 

 

In addition to this, I have been bitten by a dog, which is not Betterware's responsibility and left me wondering just how many times this could happen to me during a working week.

 

Betterware is advertised as a part time job that you can fit around the rest of your life.

IT'S NOTHING OF THE SORT .

It is a 7 day a week job and it takes over your life.

 

 

The earnings are not worth the effort that you put in.

I wanted to start as a distributor and then become a co-ordinator but I could not recruit someone into this kind of working environment.

 

The OP's experience of being told to scavenge in bins for catalogues probably says more about his co-ordinator than the job. BUT, it is not a job I will be recommending to anyone.

And it's back to being a jobhunter for me

[elaine.dawn]

You had a very unfortunate experience with betterware.

 

 

Ive been a distributor for 22 years and it suits me just fine.

Yes it has been hard work,

not easy,

out in the rain,

snow,

cold,

hungry,

but meeting people and making friends and earning 25quid a week to start with,

then doing more i earned up to 80-100quid.

I enjoy it, but as i said, its not easy.

But it is not the companys fault that new distributors have bad experiences.

 

 

Depending on your co-ordinator,

i.e. how helpful they are and patient they are

can depend on whether a distributor stays or not,

 

 

and its the co-ordinator who sometimes give distributors the wrong impression of betterware;

some are helpful, some arnt,

some are understanding, some arnt,

some are honest, some arnt. I

 

 

lost alot of books, they got wet through, ripped up, threw away.......

..... its when your faced with these situations, you decide what your going to do.

 

 

For me, it was an eye opener on people and how they are.

But it was better than being stuck at home, and unknowingly,

this job was building my confidence up no end.

 

 

I didnt start betterware for the money you see,

i wanted to get out and meet people,

i had a 6 month old baby.

 

 

But no, it wasnt fair that xxx said he would only give you 10%,

like he said,

he was covering his own costs first,

but this incident has nothing to do with betterware as a company,

that was the c.o's decision. A

 

 

nd he should have processed your order,

he should have given you some time to build up your sales.

 

 

Its incidents like this that realy do give betterware such a bad reputation as a waste of time and a con.

 

 

Yes it is hard to start with, every established distributor will tell you that.

But many have made it and enjoy it.