One of my favorite phrases in Mary Kay Cosmetics is “executive level income.” The company and its representatives tout the ability to be self-employed while earning money like an executive. Even better is when women are lured in with the Read more…
A few years ago, former Mary Kay national sales director Amy Dunlap was sued by Mary Kay Inc. for breaching her agreement with them. It’s interesting how these women such as Amy and Allison LaMarr (now known as Chaya Mushka Read more…
The ultimate goal in Mary Kay is to make it to national sales director. The idea is that if you get there, you are set for life. That’s not really true, as the company now has requirements that must continually Read more…
I never got into the idea of “sitting at the feet” of anyone, much less a Mary Kay national sales director. I am not beneath them, and therefore do not deserve to be sitting “at their feet.” Please. These were Read more…
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Written by The Scribbler Why did you join Mary Kay? Are you one of the women who joined because you were looking for a chance to get away from a work week that rivaled that of a Hebrew slave and Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Last school year I completely read through “Room at the Top: The Success Stories of Some of America’s Leading Businesswomen.” Only you won’t find women from real companies listed, just NSDs gushing their personal I-stories. As Read more…
You have to love those powerful Mary Kay NSD speeches given at Seminar every year, where a timeless and true formula for success is given as the mechanism by which Mary Kay Ash, herself, built this company. There is no Read more…
Written by The Scribbler I have a foot-high thick assortment of Applause magazines dating back to 1977. It makes a pretty handy (albeit low) end table if you throw a glass top on it and add some opulent home décor Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Because I can’t take another episode of Man vs Food’s Adam Richman stuffing a baseball-cap sized meatball into his face, I’m ripe for some “B” list entertainment: Mary Kay National Sales Director training videos! They’re the Read more…
This is wild! To finish DIQ, I had 5 "fake" consultants. All but one (my mom, of course!) had signed…
Very good analogy.
Probably to convince the company that she was valuable to them.
Maybe she thought that if she placed a huge order, they wouldn't terminate her? Obviously, she was desperate not to…
"After getting her termination letter, she ordered $7200 in product. She also tried to place orders under 2 consultants...." Can…