Thursday, January 26, 2023

The University Of Amway?

 One of the really dumb things that some Amway defenders do is to compare the upline teaching of WWDB or Network 21 (for example) to a real and legitimate college education. Some people even go as far as to encourage young people to skip or drop out of college so they can focus on Amway. That makes me really upset to know that these upline leaders so darn greedy for a dollar that they would encourage a motivated young student to basically risk their future to build a business where you have a fraction of 1% of making any real money and possibly less than that percentage of keeping and maintaining it.

There is plenty of documentation available to show that college grads earn more than non-college grads. I believe the difference on average was about $1000 a month more in favor of college graduates. While not all college students graduate, the rate is about 50%. College grads also earn about an average of $50,000 or  more as a starting salary.  Likely more no as the cost of living and wages has risen. According to Amway, the average IBO earns $202 a month or less than $2500 a year.  (And that average earning include people who did nothing and quit.  The true average is far less than that) The Amway earnings are gross, thus IBOs on the system (functions, standing orders) are probably ending up with a net loss. Try feeding your family with zero dollar or a net loss.

While there may be some value in some of the material provided from upline to downline, it doesn't seem to translate into net profits. Thus, an intangible benefits an IBO might receive from his/her Amway education can likely be found elsewhere, without having to run a losing business. Imagine a scenario where two people apply for a job. One candidate has on their resume, a degree from the University of Washington. The other one says they have four years of education from Worldwide Dream Builders. Which candidate is more likely to get a serious look? Do IBOs believe that the stuff they learn at functions is substantial enough to compete with a real and accredited college? If so, then they are likely to get laughed out of the room if the need to compete for a job.

Or how about using the 6-4-2 plan to get a business loan from a bank? What do IBOs learn that can be applied to something outside of the rose-colored world of Amway? I find that uplines who get young people to funnel their education dollars towards WWDB or some other system instead of finishing college is a crime. I hope that information seekers find this information before they get persuaded into believing some of the lies told by some upline leaders. I find it ironic though, that many of these same leaders send their kids to college. Hypocrites?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Joe, there is a deeper problem behind all this. Today, college is (for better of worse) a SOCIAL CREDENTIAL. No matter what you may have learned (or not learned) in college, in some places you cannot get any job at all without a college diploma. Many businesses assume that a college graduate knows how to take orders, how to follow directions, how to analyze a problem, how to deal with a variety of persons, and how to speak and write clearly. And they also assume that if you didn't go to college, you are probably deficient in those areas.

Now of course that's not always true -- some people go to college, graduate, and haven't learned a goddamned thing. And some persons who have never attended college are quite intelligent and competent. But the hiring personnel at a business don't think about that -- they simply work on probabilities and percentages. The guy with the college degree will more likely get the job than the guy who doesn't have one. This partially explains the wage differentials that you mention in your post.

So you are correct in a general sense. Amway up-line acts criminally when it encourages young persons to skip college or quit. It condemns them to unemployment or low wages right up front, before they even start a career.

A college diploma might mean nothing in terms of knowledge acquired and skills learned, as it frequently does in today's decayed, politically correct colleges. But it is still useful as a meal ticket, and those Amway assholes who discourage higher education are doing young people a great disservice.

Joecool said...

Great comments and insight. Thank you for sharing!