Mary Kay reviews

4.0

73% would recommend to a friend

(139 total reviews)

Ryan Rogers

73% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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5.0
Mar 21, 2025

Great Company!

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Pros

Excellent benefits, bonuses, salary, and especially generous profit sharing; my supervisors were outstanding; stay up-to-date on latest technologies and encourage learning and certifications

Cons

Mulit-year decline in revenue after COVID is causing layoffs; constantly reduced workforce is more work for those remaining

3.0
Jan 29, 2025

It was great until it wasn't

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Pros

It was a stable job with a great culture and promising career growth opportunities—until the pandemic. The benefits were excellent, the business was thriving, and I considered my co-workers my work family. There was a healthy work-life balance, and overall employee morale was high. This was the place I wanted to continue working, constantly learning new skills, putting in extra effort, and taking on additional responsibilities. Through merit, I earned several career advancements. I had envisioned building my career here long-term and eventually retiring with the company. Then the pandemic hit hard. Despite everyone's best efforts to adapt and maintain performance, the damage was done.

Cons

After the pandemic, the company struggled to fully recover. The chosen approach was to restructure and cut budgets, leading to layoffs. Stability disappeared, along with any certainty about the future. Despite these changes, the company remains top-heavy. The culture has become toxic, driven by cliques and favoritism. Success is often based on who you know and whether you are liked. When solutions to problems are proposed, they are frequently ignored—especially if they might upset those who are part of the problem but also belong to the favored group. As a result, issues persist, never truly being resolved. Despite executives' efforts to implement change, they rely on the judgment and opinions of leadership, which are often biased by personal favoritism rather than the actual needs of the business. Another major concern is how layoffs are handled. Employees who were let go were treated like trespassers, creating a sense that they had done something wrong rather than being victims of financial cuts. Adding to the distress, layoffs tend to happen right before the holidays, making an already difficult situation even more painful for those affected.

5.0
Jan 21, 2025

Great Place to Work

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Pros

Generous salary, time off, and friendly coworkers.

Cons

Can at times suffer from myopia, as the culture is so strong it can ignore things that are obvious from the outside.

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