This story was submitted by a reader of Pink Truth. If you think the part of the story about cheating is unusual, think again. Mary Kay supporters will tell you the cheaters are few and far between, and they weren’t following the Mary Kay Way. Wrong! Cheating is the rule, …
Last week we posted a request for advice from a DIQ. She wanted to know how to become and ethical Mary Kay sales director. This is the advice provided by one of our readers. I think it’s honorable what you’re trying to do. Here are some things I wish would …
A Mary Kay DIQ wrote seeking advice on becoming an ethical Sales Director in MK: I found your site on accident over a year ago when I began my business. I pop in occasionally just out of curiosity to see what is being said. While I disagree with a lot …
I was recently updating the “Mary Kay Pyramid” page on Pink Truth to reflect the new compensation for sales directors, etc. In reading through the most recent version of Advance, I was amused by one particular page. It relates to ordering being placed by a DIQ or sales director on …
A consultant shares her quitting story. She got as far as DIQ, and then finally decided to call it quits. Does her story look like yours? One day I woke up and thought to myself, “I can’t do this anymore.” I graduated with a degree in a foreign language. One …
A former Mary Kay director shares her experience in DIQ and after. Here is news to some: No one succesfully completes DIQ without recruiting a friend or a family member who is simply a number. It just doesn’t happen that the full unit is completed with people who really WANT …
Written by Raisinberry When I left Mary Kay, I was torn because I felt I was leaving behind a bunch of good women who were at risk of being preyed upon by my senior sales director. It didn’t take long for my fears to come true. I had a friend …
Written by Carolyn A former director’s story of her work never being good enough for success, and her realization that she is a lazy loser who just gives up. I started Mary Kay as a stay at home mom with two babies, aged 18 months and 2 weeks. My husband …
Written by Teresa For the majority of my Mary Kay career, I was a “sales only” consultant in a high producing, top unit. And even though I wasn’t interested in doing anything more than selling Mary Kay products, I still attended my director’s weekly unit meeting. Rain or shine, snow …
Written by Raisinberry I can remember when things were much different in Mary Kay. I think that for the most part, that old school mental image was in our minds when we conducted every recruiting interview, every career talk. We were selling an idea of Mary Kay that doesn’t exist …
