Posted by Alexis at 03:56 PM, August 19, 2003
Pyramid schemes, hhmm a number
Pyramid schemes,
hhmm a number of people have been concerned about tupperware being a pyramid thing..
but it's not.. i am not hooked into a crazy cult thing..
I buy tupperware from the distrubitiors at the same price as everyone else including the people I recruit..
if I recruit someone i get a gift.. ie sheets, towels, cuttlery, new tupperware, whatever is on offer that month..
eventually if i recruit lots of people I can start a team of my own.. all the people that i recruited join my team (unless they have made a team for themselves)..
I would then have to look after the team, make sure they have everythign they need, and I would still maintain my own schedule of doing parties and selling.. tupperware would give me extra money each month that's based on how well the team is doing.. so if i have a small team to manage i get a small amount.. if the team is large i get a larger amount...
Thinking about my current team .. I am in a large team and the manager works really hard to keep track of us all and organise everythign that we do.. I would speak to her at least twice a week.. she does heaps of work and spends all her time on tupperware.. I really think she deserves to get all that extra money.. she is also expected as a manager to have a better schedule than the dealers.. any sales challenge or competition for gifts or trips will have a minimum requirement. the minimum for dealers is nearly always half of what teh managers have to achieve.. so to get all these extra benefits she still has to maintain her parties and sales.. its not easy..
basically I am finding that people think that i can just recieve a cheque each month for doing nothing..which is not the case.. i would have to work really hard to get the additional money..
at the moment I am thinking about becoming a manager.. they are trying to lure me in.. there are some trips available next year.. one to gold coast, stay at sheraton mirage for 4 days or the other to Fiji, outrigger resort for 6 days.. all totally paid for by tupperware.. now the minimum requirements for these are much more challenging.. but i have 7 months to do it.. i will just have to start planning .. to get to fiji you have to be a manager.. fair enough..
i am having such fun.. the people are so great.. the benefits are fabulous.. so far i have receievd gifts like a sheets set, cast iron baking tray, cast iron grill, various tupperware, small wedgewood plate and a bunch of other things..
i think the best bit about tupperware is .. the more you do the more you get... and thats what its all about.. you don't get moeny becasue someone else does well.. there is always a challenge on for sales and recruiting.. I can understand while they need to recruit more people.. because a lot of people start up just to do up their pantry, then fridge, then freezer, then the kids lunch boxes.. and then they stop donig it.. i think i am hooked.. i have met some fabulous people.. they are some of the kindest and caring people that i've met.. because to be in a job like this you have to have a good attitude.. people won't like you otherwise.. they won't buy tupperware from you and they won't date parties with you.. so eventually your business will dry up..
hhmm i think i had better stop now.. should be doing some work..