“Being a reasonably new mum, I was getting bored at home and felt I needed to stimulate my brain and bring in extra money. I was previously a customer service manager for Cannon Anglia, part of Cannon UK, for 10 years and knew that I didn?t want to go back to working full time. But at the same time, I still wanted to have nice holidays and buy things for the children.
My husband worked in the RAF and his base was closing down so he had no choice but to leave after 22 years service ? he now works for British Aerospace.
Running my Virgin Vie At Home (VVAH) business works really well as my husband is marvellous when it comes to helping me out with the children. He will do bath-time and bedtime and gets their clothes ready for school. He is always on hand when I have meetings and training with VVAH consultants. I could not have got where I am today if it wasn?t for his support and being able to work the flexible hours around my childcare commitments.
I joined VVAH six years ago and I have never looked back, I was promoted out as a branch manager within six months of joining and after nine months I had six managers in my down line!
At the moment I am an area sales manager and have received my second company car.
I earn on average more than ?2,000 a month from party commission and from commission on the sales that consultants and managers in my downline make. At Christmas I earn around ?4,000 to ?5,000, so you could say that we live very comfortably – but you only get out what you out what you put in.
I have been on four trips so far, Zambia, Sun City, Thailand and Rio and have just qualified for Miami in January, which is an all-expenses-paid, five-star luxury trip.
At present I have 151 ladies in my team, which I built my self. This is something that I am very proud of. Joining VVAH was the best thing that I have ever done, the rewards are second to none and the product range is just the best!”