@ketosavedmylife
is a youtube response to the BBC documentary, for balance, from a Younique bot. It raises some interesting points but has no 'comment' section to raise counter-points, sadly.
Here, we can watch and raise points about what she discussed, openly.
I would just like to highlight one aspect of this video, at 15:49
L talks about MLM and debt.
She states that "Ellie...misunderstood the presenter agreement" (got in £3,000 debt)..."because we are never asked to spend that money". True, front loading (buying extra products personally) is not officially approved of or permitted, but we in the anti-MLM sphere know that pressure to achieve end of month goals/spend happen all the time. Pressure from uplines is unrelenting and leads to shocking unethical behaviour in order to achieve promotions.
It happens!
At 16:11 "...she mentions targets, we don't have targets. The only targets we have are the targets you impose on yourself". There you have it, it is your fault. Another typical MLM behaviour - blame the rep not the business model. Shameful.
She goes on to state "you do not have to hold stock with Younique, you are not encouraged to hold stock, quite the opposite". The reality, as we know from countless accounts from ex-presenters in Younique and other MLM companies is that you are pressured to achieve financial goals, relentlessly by uplines. These uplines publically pile the pressure on by stating on social media platforms that "xxx is smashing it and ready to achieve xxx status at the end of xxx month". This happens often and effectively places even more pressure on the hapless bot to achieve this status however she can. If she cannot achieve this through pity-purchase posts to friends, family, colleagues she will put her hands in her own pockets and buy the products herself, hoping to sell these in future.
This disgusting practice happens. We know it happens. MLM bots stating that is doesn't are lying.