NOT A REAL JOB...BUT, SOME REAL MONEY!!! - Independent Senior Beauty Consultant Mary Kay Employee Review

5.0
Jan 15, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

My last employer closed their doors and I found myself left high and dry. Mary Kay has been around for 45 years and have a lasting relationship with women in general. People will continue to wash their faces even if the price of gas goes up. How can you go out of business like that. It's a secured income. You work, You eat!

Cons

It's all about who you sign up with... Find a person who is going places and they will take you with them. I have noticed that because I'm getting some GREAT training it's paying off. I did not sign up with a relative because she had been doing this business for over 7 or 8 years and still had nothing to SHOW for it. From what I'm learning from the powerhouses I've come in contact with... It doesn't take long to change your life. They want to help me, they want to see ME driving a free car and living debt free.

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Cons

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