Betterbeware (Betterware)

Member Name: jmr221080

Product:	Betterware
Date:	11/10/08 (1622 review reads)
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Advantages: Free Books Etc

Disadvantages: No help & support. Long Hours For A Pitance Of A Pay

This company is a farce, yes it may be renound across the UK but ask yourself how often do you get a book? And is it always the same person bringing it to you?

I read the advert in the local paper and though that it sounded ideal, I could work around my young daughter and it would not interfere with the time I had with her. I was wrong.

What they forget to mention is that they expect that you work on average 30 hours a week putting the books out / in and then spend time over and above this preparing your books to put out and delivering any orders that you get.

When I started I was given 120 books because that was the standard amount. The expectation was that I would put the books out a minimum of 3 times a week. I was told that from these books I would make a profit of £100 per week as long as I did as they said. I tried this for a few weeks and found that I wasn't making anywhere near that, partly because if I didn't get all my books back after the first time then I couldn't put the required amount out in the week. I asked my area co-ordinator and the area manager to provide some more books but they said not until they came back the following week. That week I didn't even make £20 profit and I was working all in for over 40 hours. I hardly saw my daughter and was so tired that I couldn't do anything with her when I did see her.

The company and its salaried staff are all far too money orientated and so they forget that if they do not give us the books, stationary & support we need to get the sales then we can't give them the sales and cant make anything for ourselves.

They then run what they call big week where they expect that with the same amount of books etc you do more work so that they make more when they get their bonus.

Another con was the bonus that they offered when you started, if you got I think it was £1,200 over you first 6 weeks then you would receive a bonus of I think £30. What they neglected to tell me was that if the co-ordinator hadn't done their job properly, as was the case with mine I lost my bonus because they didn't send my paperwork back in time.

The point of this is that it may be advertised as a part time job but it is anything but. You work every hour you can. Get no thanks and little or no money.

They should rename themselves: betterbeware 'cause we're more than happy to take all the work you put in but give you nothing back.

Don't be conned by the fact that they tell you there are no start up fees and that all books and stationary are free. The shoe leather you use in not.

Summary: Don't Be Caught By The Misleading Adverts