Comments on: Arbonne Bankruptcy Rumors

By: Aleka Stone

Aleka Stone — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:40:47 +0000

It is especially rewarding to see you continuing to practice what you preach in a simple and unequivocal way. Thanks for your willingness to spend your time in the lab testing what really works and then freely sharing the results with the rest of us.

By: Chloe

Chloe — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:12:38 +0000

I have met her and she is incredible. However, she wasn’t in charge of what was going on in the financial department.
She is a woman of Gold and if she had it her way she would say everything but there are all the lawyers and the CEO that still control what she can say. This must be crushing her. She is a very unique person with a heart of gold.

By: Ty Tribble

Ty Tribble — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:13:09 +0000

I have deleted several comments that directly attack Rita’s looks. Please stop it. You want to suggest that she has mismanaged Arbonne and should be fired, knock yourself out. But stop the schoolyard name calling.

Thanks

By: todd

todd — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:44:04 +0000

Rita needs to leave…all upper management needs to leave. Someone needs to be accountable. Now they have another woman figure in a high position. No need for another spokesperson. Im sure she wont lose her paycheck.
Time for her to retire anyways. Arbonne will be sold to a large company who will change everything and take it to
a whole new level.

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:51:37 +0000

Just wondering : What Did Rita Know? and What Does Rita Really Do?

By: beth

beth — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:01:06 +0000

I just pasted what someone else sent me. This is from the ; to arbonne or not to arbonne
site

This would be sad if it happened

Stacey Elders Says:
February 9, 2010 07:18 PM

Is it just a rumor….You watch, I predict that Rita Davenport will be leaving Arbonne….What on earth is going on? This is from the same source that told me about Stuart mcmillan’s departure.

Stacey Elders

jerry Says:
February 10, 2010 10:18 AM

My wife has heard this rumor as well. I hope not but we’ll see.

By: Chloe

Chloe — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:52:31 +0000

AM, you sound like you are making a good decision in your approach. I agree with your comments too. It’s that line, With great power comes great responsibility. It is time for them to speak the truth and put their big girl panties on! They can’t sugar coat it any more. Yes, it’s nice that they have done these trips and incentives, but like your story with a teenager and a credit card- now the credit card statement has come in the mail. Party is over. Time to set the record straight.

By: AM

AM — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:32:09 +0000

Thank you Keep it Real…I don’t want to be called a brown noser but I have enjoyed your insights as well. I try to keep an open mind and an open heart.

I’m just waiting and hoping for their insides to match their outsides — but how long is a person to wait?

In the meantime, I will continue to share the products and will be working on a backup plan. I fear that what you say may be accurate. Pride comes before the fall…

By: Keep It Real

Keep It Real — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:11:17 +0000

AM,

I loved reading what your wrote. Know this for certain: THEY WILL NOT, SHE WILL NOT EVER ADMIT TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. The Arbonne arrogance won’t allow it.

PRIDE, PRIDE, PRIDE! We can cry for honesty endlessly but it just won’t come. The company that was, as Rita put it, blessed and favored is now dark and dismal. The big, black cloud of failure now hangs over it’s head.

By: AM

AM — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:30 +0000

Wow — didn’t think I would be coming back here, but it is a heated and interesting discussion. This business is different from others that have filed Chapter 11 in that the success of the company is contingent on one thing and one thing only….TRUST.

The comp plan, the products, the business building system… all important components, don’t add up cumulatively to the power of trusting the leaders and the parent company. I feel like I’m dealing with an irresponsible teenager who maxed out the credit card. I still love my child (and my ARbonne business). I know that people make mistakes (and so do companies), but gosh darn it I am waiting for some ownership and contrition. This would give me some peace of mind that the mistakes are recognized and won’t be repeated.

And yes, I know we determine our own success, but how on earth can an honest consultant, whose success is contingent upon sharing this opportunity be successful when trust has been betrayed and not owned up to?

Arbonne has a new CEO, new owners, new products coming out, a new comp plan, the best legal and financial consultants money can buy, the big PR firm…but none of it matters if they can’t restore the one critical component to success…TRUST… They have one thing right in terms of their tag line for the National Training Conference and that is their consultants need to BELIEVE.. But how to restore the belief, to restore the good faith…? I have an idea — How about telling the truth?

I have stated before and I stand by this…I BELIEVE that the best thing that Arbonne can do right now is to clarify in writing the mistakes that have been made. Rita should stand on the stage at NTC with humility, grace and integrity and set the record straight about the misrepresentations, lack of responsible communication to their sales force and recklessness that are now so apparent yet continue to be ignored in lieu of more hype. The buck stops there. If they don’t want to be blamed, they need to stop blaming external circumstances (the economy and blah blah blah) for the mess that has been created by their ignorance (ignoring).

I have been telling my upline and my team for years that the business model that was being allowed to continue was unsustainable and corrupt…that it robbed the poor to feed the rich…not exactly the Arbonne Spirit the company says that they ascribe to. No one would listen until it negatively effected the bottom line and the pockets of the higher ups. It was allowed to continue for WAY TOO LONG and now we are left to clean up a terrible reputation.

Again, yes, I know we are our business. My reputation in this business is flawless. I have always done right by my clients and by my team. Yet my business suffers (as so many others do who have built the right way) because of the backlash caused by negligence and greed. I am constantly running into someone who knows someone who has been burned by Arbonne…pretty difficult to sell the business. I want to be able to say, yes you are right. They have addressed all of that, owned it and I TRUST THIS COMPANY implicity now. But how can I??

The reason consultants are called “Arbots” and blind sheep is because that is how they have been treated. Please Arbonne give us the respect we deserve and lay down the cards for all of us to see. Even those posting “Arbonne Rocks” must admit that this would be a relief.

And the truth shall set them Free…