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How is it feeling generally? a lot better than it did in terms of the workplace environment as well. the people around are a lot friendlier, a lot less competitive. im a bit more confident in myself. im not going tojust let these situations, like, happen again. ive spoken to so many people in direct sales making this doc. they are promised so much. while a few of them might make it, the reality is that some people are falling through the cracks without any protection. and until things change, th...

As for robbie, he says hes got his life back again. youre back working at the family business, volunteering at scouts. how is it feeling generally? a lot better than it did in terms of the workplace environment as well. the people around are a lot friendlier, a lot less competitive. im a bit more confident in myself. im not going tojust let these situations, like, happen again. ive spoken to so many people in direct sales making this doc. they are promised so much. while a few of them might make...

You realise its weird, but because youre in that bubble, it normalises itself. on the surface, it might look like harmless fun, but is that really the case? is all of this positivity masking something a lot more toxic? i went to scotland to meet someone who thought exactly that. robbie, hey. you all right? good, its nice to meet you. pleased to meet you, too. robbiejoined a direct sales firm in glasgow, in june, 2019. in the seven months he was there, he was really successful, bringing in about ...

Of an evening, like in the atmosphere. you realise its weird, but because youre in that bubble, it normalises itself. on the surface, it might look like harmless fun, but is that really the case? is all of this positivity masking something a lot more toxic? i went to scotland to meet someone who thought exactly that. robbie, hey. you all right? good, its nice to meet you. pleased to meet you, too. robbiejoined a direct sales firm in glasgow in june, 2019. in the seven months he was there, he was...

He was really successful, bringing in about £700 a week, selling mostly betting products. but it came at a price. by the end it was like, it was pretty grim. like, "exhausted" is the best word for it. youre so, like, down and youre like, "i can do this," but youre like, its all going wrong. i havent been to scouts, you dont see your friends because you work six days a week. i dont go to the football on the saturdays any more. and when youre told you can work five days, whatever days you want, b...

Hes got his life back again. youre back working at the family business, volunteering at scouts, how is it feeling generally? a lot better than it did in terms of the workplace environment as well. the people around a lot friendlier, a lot less competitive. im a bit more confident in myself, im not going to just let these situations, like, happen again. ive spoken to so many people in direct sales making this doc. they are promised so much. while a few of them might make it, the reality is that s...

If you could speak to somebody now who you brought in to the business, what would you say to them? i have had these conversations. id say, you know, like ive said, "im sorry," i still feel bad. you know, some of these people spent a year of their lives buying into this dream that wed created together. and thats, you know, a year of your lifes a long time. and i do feel some guilt about that. its not all bad, though. matt is still working in sales and says, despite his bad experience working for ...

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There. i ran into the house, i was so upset, my husband was there, i hugged him, i said, john, i have done something terrible i lost my purse, it has my life in it john said, lets be calm. be calm. >> dear mike, you know that im a responsible person, right, not once did i forget to pick you up or your brothers after practice or boy scouts did i ever leave your elderly grand parents stranded at the mall, not once have i left the stove on or locked my keys in the car, yet somehow i managed to leav...