Great perks and flexibility! - Independent Beauty Consultant Mary Kay Employee Review

5.0
Sep 9, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They allow me to work at my own pace and schedule. If I'm too busy during a certain semester of school, then I can just take the semester off and pick up where I left off when I go back. Also, all the cosmetics are available to me at 50% off! Your customers are your friends and family, and I've also made more friends just by working there because of the parties!

Cons

The cosmetics sell better if you have them in your inventory and so the customers don't have to wait a week for them to be shipped. This can be tough because you have to have enough money before hand (usually it's about $2000-3000) to keep the business going well.

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People-oriented, good values, strong mission

Cons

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3.0
Feb 17, 2026
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Pros

Wonderful coworkers, amenities at the Mary Kay Building, and overall a mostly pleasant place to work from a day to day perspective.

Cons

Senior management seems totally lost. Strategy is ever shifting, and seems based more on whatever management's current flight of fancy happens to be. Little to nothing has been done to address the very real long-term issues related to the business. There's a reluctance to meaningfully change or address systemic issues leading to an existential risk to the business. It's so bad, the former CEO is suing the current CEO for mismanaging the company. They are father and son. It's that bad.

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