Forever living...

Olza23

Hi all, hope I have put this in the right spot..

My Fiance is finishing Maternity leave soon and we have both spoke about what she could do in regards to working from home. We were looking for part time/full time roles on various job sites and we found one on workingmums.com.

There was lots of motivational phrases and how we could succeed with the company etc etc. Alarm bells where instantly ringing for me and I said to my Fiance the job description seemed a little vague, not really going into any detail in regards to the actual role being advertised. We applied anyway (around 7pm last night).

My fiance received an E-mail an hour later from a lady saying she was interested in talking to her about the role and asked for her mobile number. We obliged, with a cautious mindset, and they have had an informal chat and have arranged to meet at a well known coffee shop at a mutual location.

Now it seems to be getting more serious, we started looking into the company a bit more (note, even during the informal chat the actually company name was not mentioned), but after a simple google search of the E-mail address we found the company eventually (Forever living). The website seems ok but a little basic, there seems to be a few articles on the internet about them but something doesn't feel right.

Writing all this down does seem very strange. Basically, I'm not really sure what to ask, but what would you do in our position?

Have you ever heard of this company or know anyone has worked for them? Is there anything that we should be looking out for?

I feel the need to add that our search options on said job site was for part time/full time employed which gave me a slight sense of security that it wasn't all commission that earned you money.

I am sorry for rambling on so much, but appreciate any comments you feel may help us both! We both want it to be true but....

if it sounds to good to be to, it probably is? :lovethoug:question:

bubblegum1985

When my cv went on a well known website and I too got an email from them within an hour.

I can't see the harm in going for a chat but don't sign anything until you have the chance to think about it and more importantly if they ask for money even for stock stay well clear. Plus all this about you can earn thousands I don't think is realistic unless you had lots of rich friends to but the stuff from you.

I think it's a product based company which works on home parties like Tupperware was, virgin vie etc. but there are sales targets and them forever on your back. Not worth it in my mind.

PlutoinCapricorn

This has been mentioned many times on MSE, here for example:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/61284


try Googling them too.

PlutoinCapricorn

This has been mentioned many times on MSE, here for example:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/61284


try Googling them too.

Olza23

Thanks so much for all your help.

That was a complete waste of time then! :mad:

beansy

Hi

They must be advertising again as I responded to an online job advert and was called a few days later by an elderly gentlemen inviting me for an informal chat/interview at a local hotel.

I went along and he was really nice, no pressure and he gave me some leaflets and information to take away and think about. He also told me that a local team meet at this venue fortnightly to discuss and share information and that I would be very welcome to attend if I would like to. Again no pressure all very relaxed and informal.

When we parted he said he would e-mail some links to the company and dates of the forthcoming meetings and if I wished to attend to let him know which date I was thinking of so that he could be at the meeting and introduce me.

I had been looking for information and reviews on the company and just come across one on MSE about another MLM business that lead me to a number of other posts which tell quite a different story than mine!

So it sounds like we have to be very careful before jumping in with both feet, but there are some posters that say it may not be for everyone but like anything, it may be for the few!!

Good luck with your search for a new job and remember, you are amongst good company on MSE as you always get a balanced view if you have the patience to read through all of the posts.

Mojisola

beansy wrote: »

So it sounds like we have to be very careful before jumping in with both feet, but there are some posters that say it may not be for everyone but like anything, it may be for the few!!

The problem with Forever Living is that you have to have no qualms about selling a very over-priced item to people.

Also, you can do all the "Aloe vera is wonderful" salesmanship, convince them to use it and then they realise they can buy the stuff at a much lower price elsewhere so you don't get repeat sales.

It's like all MLM - a few people do very well but only because they've recruited lots of other people who struggle to get anywhere.

guyana

I too had a call as a result of my CV on Total jobs, sceptical from the start but follow-up email from alleged "employer" claimed this was a genuine Mgmt position and suggested meeting close to where I live as they just happened to be in the area next day. Nothing to lose but time as venue within walking distance so agreed to meet, guess what - total waste of time, they now refer to this tried and tested "con" as "recommendation marketing", sooner or later they will run out of alternative names for pyramid selling and MLM. The rest of the pitch was totally predictable, large houses, fast cars, exotic holidays and paid for conventions all over the world, the next one being at the 02 Arena, not sure what kind of incentive that is!!!! Of course being Management there is no selling involved just recruiting other people to do it and the bottom line which he gave after much wriggling and squirming was that to earn my £120k per annum I would need £3m in sales revenue from my team which at £20.80 per litre bottle is a lot of bottles, not far of 150,000 in fact. This whole thing is exactly what most intelligent people think it is, too good to be true. so avoid it all costs. The most damming phrase the guy used was that he targeted the "disturbed" and the "disturbable", in other words the vunerable,of which I am not either, make sure you aren't also!!!!

Jobseeeker

its MLM, you say part-time employed but it would actually be on a self employed basis so commission only. There also might be a start up fee.