My Hellish Experience with ZoiVi

The following is the personal account of a former ZoiVi representative who wishes to
remain anonymous in order to avoid abuse from others in the company.
I was sucked into the whole ZoiVi thing for eight months until I realized I had
become a crazed zombie, preying on individuals dumb enough to fall for the
scheme. That's how the whole MLM industry works.
It started out in September 2011 when I was fresh into NYC. I remember the
day I was job hunting. Around late in the afternoon, I was approached by a
nice looking gentleman, who later became my sponsor, started a causal
conversation with me for no apparent reason. He later invited me out to a nice
lunch somewhere in Manhattan, treated me to a nice causal conversation
between the two of us. The following day, he introduced me to a team of
people he works with and we hit it off great. I thought at the time it was my
opportunity to make some new friends especially being new to the city. The
following week was when I got introduced to their compensation plan. I was
very impressed by how sharp they were, the amount of money involved, and
going out to fancy restaurants. They also have benefits such as all expense
paid trips to such exotic places in the world. That's how they motivate people
to stay.
At the beginning, I felt that it would become a great opportunity. I was
completely unaware of the amount of work that was involved which I thought
would become easy. They had me going out on the streets of NYC recruiting
people from all walks of life. I had to target the ones who were dressed
sharply, the ones who looked very expensive. The only people I couldn't
recruit were African American's because they claim that they don't make as
much money as others. Their main target is mostly Asians, alongside with
Indians, Bengalis, and Hispanics. The company is almost made up of 90%
Asians.
On a typical day I would be recruiting people, getting their phone numbers. At
the end of the day, I would sit down and call them all up. I followed a script by
inviting them to an interview at a Starbucks, where we conducted business. I
sat down with individuals who actually showed up, and I had a casual
conversation with them, just getting to know them. Then one of the leaders
would show up and escort the individual to the person presenting the
compensation plan. Then afterwards I would sit down with the individual
convincing the person to sign up. I was new to the company and I was not
good at being convincing. I'm a nice person but I was taught to become tough
and aggressive.
Speaking of aggressiveness, my upline including two other guys were very
tough on me at times. They often criticized me based on my looks, my
personality, and my eating habits. I couldn't be myself, they turned me into a
person I didn't like. They have training three nights a week. I attended each
and every training but I remembered being fed with a lot of crap based on the
outside world. I was taught not to listen to "broke people," the corporate world
sucks, and going to school is a waste of time. They really got into my
subconscious mind, and before I knew it, my mind was completely
brainwashed. I was completely against everyone who tried to talk me out of it.
I became addicted trying to make it with ZoiVi. I constantly recruited everyone
who I thought would have been a great fit. I wasted my valuable time with the
other reps. They made me participate in different activities that were costly
making me think it was for my own good. At that time I started feeling
uncomfortable with the team because I was the oldest person there. The
majority of people on the team were 18 to their early 20's. Not only did I waste
my valuable time but money was also wasted on marketing materials, clothes,
and the activities. At that time I was on unemployment and not receiving very
much money.
Later in the months, things really started to go down. Every day I would
become pissed and upset based on the negative reactions from marketing and
the criticisms I've received from the guys from my team. What made me very
angry was how they often get into my personal life. I felt deceived and taken
advantage of. They kept pushing my limits by making me work as hard as I
could by prospecting and bringing in production.
One day I asked for a sign as to whether it's worth it or not to stay with ZoiVi.
The next day, I came across a gentleman, who I tried prospecting. Little did I
know, he was the answer to my prayers! He turns out to be a former rep of
another company who also knew the founder of ZoiVi. He mentioned that he
built a team of reps and his entire downline quit. He also shared some
shocking information that I needed to hear about Mr. Evaji. From his previous
involvement with Yor Health, I learned he dismissed most of his team
members for no apparent reason. I have known Mr. Evaji to be a very nice
guy, but during my entire time working with the company, I've felt he couldn't
be trusted. I knew something wasn't right, even though I was too brainwashed
to listen to my own intuition. So therefore, that's when I'd had it and left the
company.
I've also experienced emotional abuse during my time with ZoiVi. Every time I
have doubts I was taught to think things logically instead of emotionally. That
never worked on me but who cares? Obviously the other reps don't care
about anything except the production. Each day I would come home mad and
pissed because of the negative reactions I received from prospecting, and all
the harsh criticisms I received from the other reps. After working with them for
eights months, I finally realized that I was part of a cult. I wasted $390 of my
money, I only made a profit of $6. I prospected hundreds of individuals
including family, and not one was interested working with me.
Now I know exactly how a pyramid scheme works! Any way they word around
it, it's still a scheme! I have seen relationships ended because of it. MLM
brainwashes people and turns them into crazed zombies as they prey on
narrow minded individuals to join their force. At that time I was so gullible and
weak so I didn't have the ability to see what they were really doing. It's very
painful being deceived. It took me months to get myself back together from all
that emotional abuse.
The positive outcome from my experience is that I've made some valuable
friends who also left and we still keep in touch. Also I learned not to make
assumptions. I'm now a much better, and back to a normal human being. It
took time for myself to recover. I'm now planning my future of going back to
school to become a computer technician. Life is about doing what you love,
not manipulating people's lives to fulfill your dreams.