When you work right, you achieve big. - Independent Star Recruiter Mary Kay Employee Review

5.0
Nov 18, 2008
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Pros

My #1 reason for loving Mary Kay is the personal growth. When I started my business 2 1/2 years ago, there was no way that I could stand in front of a group of people and speak. Now, I am comfortable speaking, sharing, and selling. Another reason I love my MK is the extra money that it has allowed my family. I have been fortunate enough to buy plane tickets for our upcoming Disney trip and, just recently, Murray-our new family pet.

Cons

Any downsides experienced are dealing with the emotional roller coaster--as with any business that you put your heart into and want to succeed at. It is completely about learning to pick yourself up when you've gotten nothing but rejections. This business is workable...if you are willing to work it.

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Pros

Best work place culture I have ever seen!

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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