Can be fun but alot of Work and Drama. - Independent Beauty Consultant. Mary Kay Employee Review

4.0
Jul 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fun, Money, Make-up. I loved being able to learn the techniques of how to best apply make-up. I used to think I looked good when I went out. But I look back and just feel bad for my old self. I love now that I not only can look good but help others look good and feel good about thier appearance.

Cons

The high up in Management you go the more time consuming and dealing with pettiness of women who act like highschool girls talking smack in the locker room. I love to work with others but I hate the gossip and back bighting that seems to go along with it.

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Cons

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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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