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Has anyone ever changed units after signing up?

I believe, you would have to go inactive and be dropped, then sign back up undera consultant in adirectors unit that you feel will begood supportive team for you.

I believe that is correct, but after being dropped there is a time that you would have to wait to before you can sign again...i believe it is a year...so a better plan would be to reach out for support elsewhere and only after doing all you can to resolve the issues at hand

This is an almost impossible process as I have had some experience with this myself.
I had a consultant signherself up online and she thought she was joining my team. I wasn't there to coach her/walk her through the processand honestly I had no idea she was going to do this. She called me after she went through the sign up process and she was so excited to be on my team. I looked online and she wasn't on my team list. I asked for her Consultant ID and I was baffled that she wasn'tappearing on my BeautiNet. Needless to say, she did not join my team, but rather someone's in a completely different state (still not completely sure what she did or where she went wrong). Both of us called in to BeautiControl to explain what happened and the matter went straight to our Regional Coordinator. After several phone calls and a really tense 48 hours of trying to "fix" all of this, it was pointless. It was explained to me that the recruiter she accidentally signed up under had to release her and since she needed the numbers for a promotion, she wasn't about to give up that last recruit.

So now, my "would be recruit" has two options. She can (1) go about her BeautiConrol career with this other team that she's already gotten off to a bad start with or (2) she can put her career on hold for an entire year and then be able to rejoin my team.

This issue is taken very very very seriously since the contract we sign as consultants is a binding agreement.

I caution everyoneon this as it can be detrimental to your team and your potential recruits.

It's not quite as serious as that. I joined under my friend who lives in Michigan (600 miles from me) where we grew up together. Therefore, the Unit is 600 miles from me. I have zero consultants in my county or surrounding. I have wrote about this before. I can never attend a team meeting, unit meeting, have never personally met either Director, etc. I feel very disconnected when I get emails about the meetings that I will never be able to attend. I also only get updated from my recruiter, not from either of the Directors when these meetings are over. I used to love the conference calls as they gave me some connection, but they suddenly stopped, the last one being in November. My Director has called me 2-3 times since I joined, has told me more than once of things she would send me via email (forms etc) that I never got, etc etc. I never meant to work so hard at this business when I signed up, but I fell in love quickly and really want to keep moving forward. I would just love a team to do it with. Since it is so hard, I will probably just drop it, but I did not know when I asked about it. (obviously) She has been told about the issues from my recruit and from another Director so it is not like I have not put my issues out there. I will always try to resolve things in my life before I would take any other steps. If this business does not end up working for me then I will just wait the proper amount of time and try again. In the meantime, I am forging ahead.

well in that case you may also look into being "adopted" into a unit closer to you...most units will allow you to attend their team meetings and pretty much treat you like a member of your own...is there a team near you? where are you located?

Someone got in touch with me before when I said there was no one near me inviting me to meetings and such. It still is a long way from me though (hour or more). I think I would have to call BC to find anyone closer. I am in Berks County, PA which is about an hour from the outskirts of Philly.

Driving an hour once a month wouldn't be bad. I guess I'm used to doing it for my job and for BC Team meetings. I drive about 40 minutes to get to team meetings once a month. Remember you can write off the miles to your meetings for tax purposes.

well I am actually in that same boat...my unit is 3 hours away from me and the next closest unit is an hour away...with 2 kids under 5 that is impossible for me...I have found the support I need from this board and I actually discovered some consultants in my town...so even though we are not in the same unit, we have done events together and trade product, etc...and maybe one of these days we will carpool to one of those far-off meetings!!http://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley36.gif...unit meetings are important, but it CAN be done without them

Driving an hour once a month wouldn't be bad. I guess I'm used to doing it for my job and for BC Team meetings. I drive about 40 minutes to get to team meetings once a month. Remember you can write off the miles to your meetings for tax purposes.

looks like we were typing at the same timehttp://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif...it wouldn't be so bad, but when you figure in that mtgs are at 7pm and last a couple of hours, so I would have to come home late on a school night(my son is in kindergarten) and then have to put the kids in bed well after their bed time...and my hubbie gets up for work at 5 am so he can't really stay up late either...not saying that it is impossible, but it has not worked out for me so farhttp://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley19.gif

Oh I didn't realize meetings were at 7pm. Ours are Sunday afternoons so it's a great time for me... I do not have that type of schedule so yes I agree that wouldn't be good! Family comes first!

MY unit meets saturday mornings, but again it is 3 hours one way, but the next closest one is 7 pm on a tuesday...also the day of my daughter's swim classhttp://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley19.gif..kind of defeats the purpose of the reason I actually joined BC...to spend time w/ my kids...kwim?

I enjoy going to my unit meetings the few times I can, but I have found that online fits far better into my schedule.
This board IS my unit meeting in some ways!!!

I keep in touch over the phone with my director. Some of the gals on my team are within 20 minutes of me, but many are all over the SouthEast. I also visit my director's website along with other websites to stay connected.

It certainly would be nice to have everyone in the same town close by but it's not necessary.

The first time I was in BC this happened to me. A consultant signed up and showed up on Beautinet Unit News as my new recruit. I contacted her by phone to welcome her (I didn't know who the heck she was and was in another state. http://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley5.gif, but being a responsible recruiter I contacted her)she apologized and told me she had signed up under the wrong person online. How this can happen, I do not know but a few days later, she was gone from our unit. Funniest thing though, is I stillreceived all the prizes that month for becoming a Senior Consultant!!! http://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley36.gif
Anyway, it is possible for someone to change if they say they've signed up under the wrong person accidentally, I suppose you just have to know the right people.
Oh, and FYI, if you want to change unitsafter you've been in awhile, you have to wait a year from your last ORDER, not a year from when you signed up. Example: You lastordered in March of '07, you can re-sign under a new director on April 1, 2008.Edited by: Dbacksmom

I have the same problem as some. I work a part time job 4 evenings a week. The invites I have received have always been a week night. Even if I took off to go to a meeting, I would not enjoy arriving home at Midnight. And my husband would not enjoy saying up with the night owl. She usually does not go to sleep until about 10pm and since he gets up at 4am it is not even fair to ask him to do so. If they ever send an invite for a weekend and I did not have a Spa booked, I would not hesitate to drive for the hour.

I do agree this board is support, but I am confident that not doing every. single. thing. alone would boost me up even more!