from Swaus01@piefed.social to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 01 Jul 07:54
https://piefed.social/c/nostupidquestions/p/2178655/how-common-are-mlms-in-the-economy
i still visit reddit via redlib to read BestOfRedditorUpdates, and a story i read this morning stood out to me because of its casual mentioning that a “protagonist” of the story works at an MLM and accepts this as normal.
Meanwhile I have always heard that MLMs are dangerous, 100% of the time, and can get cult-like, can underpay you (or not really pay you at all). Reading the post and thinking about them just accepting MLMs unsettled me because it reminded me that there are a few where i live, that i’ve seen some in job applications, and i started to wonder if the place where i work currently could be a sort of MLM. After all, plenty of workplaces in this economic system exhibit qualities in-line with MLM structure.
But my ultimate question is just this: How prevalent are MLMs? Are they just an accepted part of local economies? Do city councils work with them/allow them to exist despite the inherent shadiness?
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Ana is the idiot but she is the hero of the story? Reddit is weird.
Anyway, MLM kind of disappeared in France since the internet. I guess those scams were replaced by online scams.
Why would cities care about national or international companies? I’m confused.
[This is OP on a different account + device] Good question. So what I was thinking is, where I live,
The city council has large control over the economy, choosing where businesses can put up their store and monitoring which businesses take up office space in the city.
There’s definitely some MLM presence (my local subreddit provided examples and often has people saying “don’t work for this scam!”)
So… Does the city council just not care? Or are they perhaps less interventionist than I thought?
Lastly, with just how many there are, from the vibe I’m getting from people online complaining about them, surely some of them end up doing business for the city council. So the council ends up getting ripped off or having jobs done to a poor standard.
Thanks for your comment!
I understand better. In France, most mayors and/or councils don’t have a say on where businesses can be or what they can do.
Restrictions are usually for:
Actually, I don’t think I have ever seen a “MLM place” anywhere, it’s usually door to door like Tupperware (not an MLM but you see what I’m talking about).
MLMs are semi-prevalent and are legal because the pyramid scheme is covered up by selling a product, and often by getting the applicant to sign up as an independent contractor, and each new “branch” or office of the company is actually a completely new LLC, effectively, and legally, a separate entity.
They prey on people looking for work, and lie through their teeth to get as many people as possible.
Some companies are known for using MLMs to sell their services.
MLMs are the economy.