Another Look at Maggie’s Apple Corps
Written by Parsons Green
I recently checked in with Maggie Butcher and her Apple Corp Unit. 40 years as a Cadillac director, but never a national sales director, and not even close. That means no retirement and continuing the grind of monthly production as long as possible.
In February, 45 of Maggie’s consultants ordered, for a total of $16,450 wholesale. (Note: Cadillac required production averages to $19,000 wholesale per month, so Maggie has sadly fallen short!)
9 consultants ordered at least $600 in wholesale and earned a fabulous wallet (with zipper AND chain). The March prize is a combination mirror and comb.
Maggie had a special contest for the March Double Credit prize. If the unit as a whole gets $10,000 in wholesale orders, Maggie will offer cash back on wholesale orders – between $10 and $30!
Maggie loves to share her team wins. Five of her consultants had weeks where they sold more than $300! Five. FIVE. We celebrate five whole women selling more than $300. 
One of her consultants met with 6 new customers, sold 4 sets and did 10 Income Producing Activities. (Where’s the income though?)
Maggie sold to 16 customers, and 10 of those sales were over $100.
Maggie also recognizes National and Princess Courts. Because none of her consultants are yet in those courts, she also celebrates a special Maggie’s Court. Five of her consultants are in that court.
Maggie then gives a breakdown of everyone’s wholesale orders.
Maggie’s has no offspring directors and no DIQs. She does have a Team Leader though!
Maggie gives recognition for those consultants who joined Mary Kay that month and have 25 years or more of ordering. This month she had 7.
Maggie also gives a prize if she has 13 or more consultants who have a party with $100 or more sales that month. There were 45 parties that qualified. and two winners who each won $100. 
Maggie also rewards consultants who are working their business. Look at all the ways you can earn money (“bucks for building”) just by selling products that allegedly fly off the shelves.
She also includes a helpful tally of where everyone is with their bonus cash. Martha Helms has almost $350!
All of this hustle earned Maggie a personal recruiter check of $409 and a directors check of $4,208. This is in addition to her cash from retail sales. These checks then pay for all of Maggie’s prizes and payouts to her team. After she pays her business expenses, Maggie *might* be netting $40k out of her business. Wow!
Maggie has been in Mary Kay for more than 40 years. As a brand new consultant, will you ever be able to duplicate her “success”?
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OMG!!!! A virtual tour of Mary Kay alphabet of surnames’ office!!!! Be still my beating heart. What a prize!!!!
My salary isn’t great, but I get it for showing up for 8 hours a day and 5 days a week. The health benefits and PTO are fantastic. I get a pension. I do my specific job plus a few extra tasks that aren’t particularly onerous, and I leave it behind at 4:30 pm every day. Weekends are my own.
It paid for my car. I can have the clothes and shoes and food that I like, can heat and cool the house, pursue my hobbies. I can afford vet care for the cats. An expensive emergency is aggravating but not an unbearable financial hit.
Maggie has to spend 24/7/365 hustling, exhorting, hurrying, begging, worrying, lying, celebrating, hoping, motivating, fussing, and basically making me tired just reading about it. No benefits, no time off, no promise of a car next month, no pension.
All that for less than I make for a hell of a lot less stress.
Oh, and her underlings get to do all that, too, and earn peanuts for the privilege.
No thank you.
Maggie also recognizes National and Princess Courts. Because none of her consultants are yet in those courts, she also celebrates a special Maggie’s Court. Five of her consultants are in that court.
You must be truly desperate..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M22Kct61Co