It's not just bankers who are coining it in during the recession.
Debbie Davis is making £250,000 a year and notching up a turnover of £7m - as Britain's most successful Avon lady.
But while the bankers have come under fire for their huge wages and bonuses, the public are unlikely to bemoan Debbie her success.
Five years ago the Sunderland lass was on the dole after losing her £200-a-week factory job.
Needing £400 to pay the rent and facing Christmas without a roof over her head, the 29-year-old became a saleswoman for the cosmetics firm just to make ends meet.
Now she drives a Mercedes and leads a 2,500-strong team.
Not bad for a woman who reveals that redundancy shredded her self-confidence.
"It was just before Christmas. When I started off as a rep I was claiming benefits," she told Sky News Online.
"I was selling door-to-door and needed £400 in a month just to pay my rent.
"As long as I paid my rent I did not care about anything else."
In the event she made £600 and has not looked back.
One three-week sales blitz saw her rake in £18,000.
She has now hooked up with online Dragons' Den star Julie Meyer to offer video tips to inspire women in business.
But Debbie, who works with her partner Dave Carter, 40, also has handy advice for those at the other end of the employment spectrum.
With the dole queue getting longer by the week, Debbie says the key to surviving redundancy - and to becoming the UK's most successfully Avon lady - is confidence and "just being friendly".
"At first I was really shy so it was all about getting my confidence back - my confidence just went after I was made unemployed," she said.
"Now it's about friendliness, just being friendly and talking to people."
"It was just before Christmas. When I started off as a rep I was claiming benefits," she told Sky News Online.
"I was selling door-to-door and needed £400 in a month just to pay my rent.
"As long as I paid my rent I did not care about anything else."
In the event she made £600 and has not looked back.
One three-week sales blitz saw her rake in £18,000.
She has now hooked up with online Dragons' Den star Julie Meyer to offer video tips to inspire women in business.
But Debbie, who works with her partner Dave Carter, 40, also has handy advice for those at the other end of the employment spectrum.
With the dole queue getting longer by the week, Debbie says the key to surviving redundancy - and to becoming the UK's most successfully Avon lady - is confidence and "just being friendly".
"At first I was really shy so it was all about getting my confidence back - my confidence just went after I was made unemployed," she said.
"Now it's about friendliness, just being friendly and talking to people."
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