Mary Kay Cuts Yet Another Cost
Written by Parsons Green
When will it end? Mary Kay Cosmetics recently announced a change in the packaging for the Timewise Sets. The sets will no longer be packaged in a Ziploc bag adorned with a sassy ribbon. Directors were informed of the change, and consultants will find out later this month. The company expects to run out of the current bags by May. The company says they are making this change for sustainability. Most customers don’t even care about the bags, and the “quality” of the products is not changing.
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The news hit the Facebook groups and there are strong feelings on both sides. Ellen Becker ponders would you rather have the bag or a price increase? Vicki Townsend is aghast. The bag surely can’t cost too much money for the company, especially when they’re buying in BULK.
Jeanette Collins is positive, but she is also AWARE. The company is cutting too many corners.
Jamie McMillan wonders if the company is just cutting too many corners.
Jeanette Collins jumps back in to mention they aren’t even getting a printed Applause magazine. The online one is much too blurry to read!!
Deborah Shearrer is worried. Mary Kay cannot be promoted as a luxury brand without this bag. She will make sure to buy her own bags. Michelle Jostad thinks the bags show that Mary Kay has class because the products also come with a booklet.
Debbie Mudge just doesn’t understand. You can package your products however you want. Complaining on Facebook will not help your business. She is blessed by Mary Kay. The products are the best. Would you want your customers hearing you complain about a bag?
Jessica Dudley thinks everyone should focus on seeing faces and building the kingdom. (WTF?)
It’s always funny to me when this corporation makes changes that affect their independent sales force. These consultants and directors think that they are business owners, but they are independent contractors who can be terminated at any time. Why is the company cutting costs and corners? Because they’re trying to be profitable and avoid going under. As a Mary Kay consultant, how many of them have ever been profitable?
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Not saying a bag is a huge deal but it is something that will become another cost for the consultant. Directors are trying to make the changes seem small but they all add up…especially if a consultant takes a hard honest look and weighs the pros and cons of what they’re getting vs spending.
And it’s so concerning how expressing a frustration or observation is being negative. Mary Kay seems to be the only place where “business owners” can’t confide in one another about the challenges that come with business…
This means they also get to yeet the poor soul whose job it was to sit there and insert the ribbons and stick the boxes and pamphlet (another cost saving by no longer needing that! Bonus!) in the bags.
I’d be interested to know if MK orders still arrive with excess and/or nonrecyclable packaging: overpack boxes, styrofoam peanuts, everything in separate little bags, bubble wrap, etc. We already know they have no qualms about letting consultomers order thousand and thousands dollars worth of jars, bottles, tubes, product boxes, and whatever goop is inside them, all ultimately destined for the landfill (“donation” is a joke; no one wants your expired crap). And I’ll bet that the unbagged Timewise sets will have each item in its own plastic bag and overpack box.
Eliminating the little cheap quality of life things in the name of “going green” is almost always a sign that the company is in serious financial trouble. It’s a sign that they’re more worried about cutting corners than the wellbeing of their employees. Of course, MK never gave a wet fart about their “employees” to begin with so they’ll keep nibbling away the edge of the cookie until there’s no cookie left while still pretending it’s a whole cookie.