pink truth - Anonymous employee Mary Kay Employee Review

1.0
Mar 13, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a legal pyramid scheme like all MLM companies. The pro is if you are the 1% at the top of the pyramid making money off all the others who make less than minimum wage from selling overpriced makeup that nobody wants because even wet N' wild makeup is better quality.

Cons

Legalized pyramid scheme that you will lose money on.

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Pros

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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