Why multi level marketing sucks on multiple levels

I’ve been approached for several multi level marketing “opportunities” – and in all honesty I considered joining a few, because multi level marketing opportunities are great – provided you started the company. If you’re the guy (or girl) who invents the next weight loss milkshake and you get a small army of unpaid volunteers to promote it to their friends and family on your behalf, while you force them to buy your products on a monthly basis – you’re in the golden seat. As the volunteer, who we call independent associates or consultants just because it sounds better, you’re left doing all the hard work while not making much (or any) money for a long time.

This post is probably going to upset or offend a few people and for that I’m sorry. However it’s time that what everybody else seems to be thinking is going to be said out loud – or at least written down. As a good Canadian immigrant it’s not my intention to offend anyone, but to open the conversation about some of these topics. If yo…