Mary Kay’s director in qualification (DIQ) process is one of the worst things you can go through as a consultant. It involves scrambling for 1 to 4 months to get enough recruits who order enough products so you can “qualify” Read more…
If you are the same, hopeless woman that wrote a blog I came across today bashing the Mary Kay company and responding to everyone’s posts that actually stood up for the business…then I pray for your sad, unmotivated soul. It Read more…
This story was sent in by a woman who signed up for Mary Kay and then quit, all in the same week. It was a funny thing how it all happened, I mean “becoming” a Mary Kay Consultant. (I might Read more…
A “wanted” ad for women who seek unlimited income is sometimes presented with additional information about being a sales director. What they don’t tell you when focusing on directorship, is that being a Mary Kay Sales Director actually sucks and Read more…
A reader sent this to me to thank us for helping her avoid the Mary Kay scam. I love these emails! This, my friends, is the whole reason we exist. I want resources to be available to those who take Read more…
Written by SuzyQ I don’t think any of us have written about this experience so I will. As God is my witness, I thought it was 2016 but I don’t think that is accurate (Tracy: 2015, but close enough) and Read more…
Seriously, is MK all that bad? I stumbled across your website and am surprised at all the negativity. I am a firm believer in being in business for yourself and avoiding working at a J.O.B. (Just Over Broke). Its hard Read more…
A favorite pass time of many Mary Kay sales directors is bashing “Corporate America.” They refer to jobs as “J.O.B. – Journey of the Broke” and generally criticize the lack of flexibility surrounding traditional jobs.What they forget to mention is Read more…
I can’t help but feel sorry for this Mary Kay consultant. She is somewhere below Red Jacket level, but appears to really believe she’s going to be a national sales director in 5 years. She’s decided that she will have Read more…
A note from a reader who almost became a consultant… Hello, I just found your site today because I’m doing research on Mary Kay. I have a friendly acquaintance who is a consultant and I’ve gone to two of her Read more…
The house is up to $19.8 mil. Someone's gotta pay the increase in property taxes.
Back in the day, my earth science teacher told us that the way a frog is wired, being a reptile…
The frog analogy is wonderful. There is a bit of "lemming" in this as well. "It must be okay because…
I never was a MK consultant, but I have been been a part of 2 other different direct sales companies.…
"My director and I analyzed why my turnover was so terrible. She claimed it wasn’t that bad for her." Your…