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> See: Uber, Subway franchises, academia, Amazon truck drivers, or any of your classic MLMs These are weird comparisons. In some cases, the individual is the s
by mbesto 4y ago
> See: Uber, Subway franchises, academia, Amazon truck drivers, or any of your classic MLMs
These are weird comparisons. In some cases, the individual is the sales function, in some cases its the supply function, in other cases its a full blown SBU.
I don't think you can bucket all of these into MLM, because, well, some of them have nothing to do with marketing (ya know, the M part of MLM).
- jacquesc 4y agoAgreed. I don't know how one could classify any of those as "Multi Level" either. If it were MLM, your local neighborhood Subway would by trying to sell you a franchise (instead of a sandwich)
- cuteboy19 4y agoYes, an uber driver does not typically go around recruiting other drivers. That's not how he makes money
- superb-owl 4y agoAgreed, calling these things "MLMs" doesn't make sense. But they prey on the same instincts, and I think should be called out for doing so. Maybe we need a new term for these types of businesses. "Contract Predators" sounds about right. Maybe "Risk Pushers."