You Are Hypocrites
I’ve been a Mary Kay consultant for years and one thing that really stands out when I read this site is the hypocrisy. You all spend so much time blaming the company, but none of you want to take responsibility for the part you played in your own situation.
Mary Kay is a big company. Of course there are going to be some consultants or directors who don’t do things the right way. That happens in every business. I’ve seen people lose their directorships and even their cars when they crossed the line. So don’t act like the company supports bad behavior, because that’s just not true.
Some of your complaints are probably real. But a lot of what I read here sounds like people who overcommitted, ordered too much inventory, or tried to chase someone else’s goals instead of their own. Then when it didn’t work out, suddenly it’s all the company’s fault.
This business is independent. That means you decide what you do, what you order, and how hard you work. If someone pressures you into doing something you can’t afford, you can say no. It’s really that simple.
The thing that bothers me most is how everyone here acts like victims while pointing fingers at everyone else. If you went along with things you knew were wrong, you were part of it too. That’s the truth whether you like it or not.
So yes, there are problems sometimes. But pretending the company is evil while ignoring your own choices just makes you look like a bunch of hypocrites.
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Maybe we were part of the problem because we believed what we were being told and trained on. But there in lies the problem. This is not simply about money or buying too much inventory to receive recognition or a car etc. MLM companies, Mary Kay included, have a very cult-like atmosphere. When people become entrenched in a cult they stop listening to “the outsiders “. The company becomes their reality, they completely change their personality to fit in. We hear things like “get out of your comfort zone” and “fake it, till you make it” or “if I can do it, anyone can”
The difference between us and this person in the article is we snapped out of it and returned to our true selves. If she or he is happy with the person they have become then good for them. We weren’t ok with it and stopped being the person the company was trying to create.
There is a lot to unpack here, and I neither have the time nor the inclination (nor the coffee) to go through each of your victim-blaming statements. We’ve done this ad nauseam on this site. My suggestion to you is to read previous posts that obliterate your screed.
PTC, you are free to promote such a broken system. Just as we are free to point out its flaws. Burying your head in the sand will not change the tragic, unavoidable outcomes for the vast majority of participants.
There are flaws specific to the MLM industry you must contend with. In the real world, it is possible for everyone in a company to make positive money…everyone. From the owners to the management to regular employees, including the sales force. This is actually the norm.
In MLMs like Mary Kay, statistically speaking, on average, for each person turning a true business profit, 249 others must lose money. This is the reality of pay-to-play endless-chain recruiting schemes like Mary Kay. So long as it remains pay-to-play with no limits on recruiting, this reality cannot be avoided.
It is certainly your choice to participate in and defend a scheme with such terrible outcomes, but don’t pretend it is an anomaly when someone loses money. Downline losses in these schemes are not only possible, they are required.
No MLM downline can be profitable as a whole. It is in the nature of these schemes to take from the bottom to give to the tippy top. The upline cannot turn a meaningful profit without significant aggregate losses in their own downline. Making big money in MLM, for the relatively tiny percentage who do, is nothing to be proud of, given the collective financial harm that must be inflicted on their own downline.