This image comes courtesy of the Anti-MLM subreddit. I can totally imagine the desperate directors who want to finish their Cadillacs by June 30 sending these out. How would you respond?
Written by Maureen About a month ago, my friend invited me to a “girls night” for pedicures… I questioned the invite because she has a ton of friends she is closer with, but being newer to the area with very Read more…
Written by The Scribbler This document isn’t necessarily a script, but a spotty transcript of a speech given to NSDs. It is a game plan discussing how to recruit younger people into Mary Kay. It talks about the characteristics of Read more…
An article from late last year provides some interesting insight into how multi-level marketing companies (and their recruiters) are exploiting the “gig economy” to recruit new victims. It’s entitled “MLMs Take the Worst Parts of the Gig Economy, Then Make Read more…
Written by The Scribbler I’ve never been in Mary Kay Cosmetics. I’ve sat through recruiting attempts and attended a unit meeting once, but never signed the dotted line. I can thank my most recent recruiting attempt for helping me stumble Read more…
Whether people want to admit it or not, no one makes it to sales director in Mary Kay without signing up family and friends as consultants. It’s simply too hard to get the numbers you need without calling in favors Read more…
Recruiting is the lifeblood of any product-based pyramid scheme. A company like Mary Kay survives because of new recruits ordering large inventory packages. Sales directors keep their units alive with the new recruits, as the volume of orders from existing Read more…
Those who have tried to make a true living with Mary Kay will tell you that it is anything but “less stressful.” Yet here is one sales director’s description of how easy it is. Ever considered a less stressful way Read more…
Mary Kay really works, but a recruiter is blaming her recruits for causing her to file bankruptcy. Does Mary Kay really work? I find it ironic that the critics of Pink Truth say we shouldn’t blame any of our Mary Read more…
I got this email and was amused at the variety of creepy/dishonest tactics this Mary Kay recruiter used to try to lure someone into Mary Kay. I sincerely want to thank Pink Truth from the bottom of my heart for Read more…
@FrostyRose, great thoughts. Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies. 😁
Thanks Tracy. Wow, that could surely boost the daughter up the Mary Kay ladder. I have a feeling we will…
@DataJunkie, I witnessed this first hand. An NSD retired, and her Sales Director daughter (in my city) inherited all of…
Excellent comment. “MK always pressed upon us that Corporate benevolently paid for commissions from their profit. WHERE DOES THE COMPANY…
MK always pressed upon us that Corporate benevolently paid for commissions from their profit. The downline never had to pay…