Not Worth Your Time or Stress - Independent Senior Beauty Consultant Mary Kay Employee Review

1.0
Jan 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You set your own hours Meet really fantastic ladies Huge tax writes offs Discounted products for personal use Good support from others in the same business

Cons

Easy to get sucked into buying far too much product Have to sell a ton of product to start actually start netting money Pressure from your upline to buy more product Constantly changing products that leave you stuck with discontinued items that you can't sell All training, even weekly training meetings, has a fee Tax write offs don't make up for the money you lose trying to keep up with your inventory

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

The people who are left are lovely

Cons

You are expected to perform outside your job description. Promotions are nearly impossible. Layoffs are now part of the culture. The "pink bubble" only applies to you when they need you. Once they declare you disposable, their attitude towards you drastically changes. When you get laid off, their package is pittance.

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