acquired taste - Anonymous employee Mary Kay Employee Review

3.0
Feb 16, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

flexible schedule, weekly meeting for growth and support, mentor, fun to give parties

Cons

a bit like a pyramid scheme and not so good when you don't have that many contacts and aren't comfortable going up to people randomly to sell make up - it's what you make of it

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Pros

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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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