near the city of quetta, homes, railway tracks and road bridges have been washed away. now on bbc news, the dark side of direct sales. lora jones asks if workers are being exploited, and if #hustleculture has gone too far. the world of door to door sales and selling on the street has been rebooted for the social media age. young people are being promised big money, glam work, trips abroad and the chance to work with some of the biggest brands in the uk. but the reality can be very different. i m lora jones and, for the past year, i ve been investigating the dark side of the direct sales industry. are young people chasing a dream they can never achieve? just, like, chews you up and spits you out. i probably blew about £2,000 on road trips and stuff. wow! and i don t think i made that in the whole three months i was there. can t afford shampoo. you were trying so hard to project a kind of wolf of wall street image. i don t want to sound trite. it feels like selling your soul.
near the city of quetta, homes, railway tracks and road bridges have been washed away. now on bbc news, the dark side of direct sales. lora jones asks if workers are being exploited, and if #hustleculture has gone too far. the world of door to door sales and selling on the street has been rebooted for the social media age. young people are being promised big money, glam work, trips abroad and the chance to work with some of the biggest brands in the uk. but the reality can be very different. i m lora jones and, for the past year, i ve been investigating the dark side of the direct sales industry. are young people chasing a dream they can never achieve? just, like, chews you up and spits you out. i probably blew about £2,000 on road trips and stuff.