Jane says don’t be fooled by God first, Family second, Mary Kay third
Written by L J on April 25, 2008 – 8:32 am -Your Name Jane
Date Joined MK (mm/yyyy) Jan 2006
Highest Level Achieved Independent Beauty Consultant
When Left MK or Are You Still Active Left Sept 2006
Initial Inventory Purchased None-later $1800
How were you recruited?
By a girl from church.
What about Mary Kay appealed to you most?
I am a full time student and the idea that I could work my own hours and make “tons” of money while earning cars and trips.
Tell us about one of your most memorable or embarrassing situations while in Mary Kay
Gee there are so many…first of all the standard response for questions during a meeting is “we will cover that during training” so you really never find out the details. My first meeting was on a day I had all day classes and I was not going to be able to go home to change but had a nice pants suit on. My recruiter informed me that I should “just not come then” if I could not get my jacket, skirt, panty hose, and closed toe shoes. Whoa, that should have been my first clue! Then she would not leave me alone about inventory. Told me I would not be able to make anything of this business if I invested NOW and tried really hard to pressure me into a getting a student loan for $3000 of inventory.
What did you learn from your Mary Kay experience?
That it does sound like a great opportunity, and is for some people, it is not for everyone, namely those not willing to lie, cheat and aggressively pursue people to the point of stalking.
What are you doing now? Working full or part time? Working from home? etc.
Working part-time and graduating this Spring.
Additional Comments
Don’t be fooled by the God first, Family Second, Mary Kay third. That is an absolute lie. Should you ever dare to make Mary Kay anything other then first you will be chastised and guilted. I cant count how many times I heard “Do not let your family get in the way of your success you are doing this for them and they will understand later”. And the golden rule so promoted by ladies; never steal a client from a sister consultant only applies to you! My recruiter aggressively tried to recruit MY family for her team and was mad at me and them when they said no.
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May 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
From what it sounds like to me, you were misled and misunderstood and perhaps had a dishonest or confused recruiter. I love this business and am doing quite well for myself. I’m sorry you had a bad experience, but don’t think it’s fair to say those who are successful at this are decieftful cheating liars.
May 21st, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I’m a consultant from the UK and I want to share with you that ‘faith’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘God’. I take it to mean my own belief system, which is in myself, my personality and my capabilities and growth as a human being. America, I find, (and I hope I don’t offend) is more Christian-focused than the UK and living in London, it’s easy to see that). There are also a lot of women who are Christian and go to church and hold skin care classes with their fellow Church members, and believe in a very Christian way of life.
It does sound like you had some severe directors who were focused in a different way to you. The beauty of this business is that you make of it what you want and take what you need from it to build your business. It depends how much you want of Mary kay has to offer you.
It’s untrue to say that Mary Kay consultants succeed by cheating and lying.
If Mary Kay lied and cheated, we wouldn’t do so many product tests and surveys or get expert dermatological advice from all around the world. Nor would we have a ‘try-before-you-buy policy’, ‘no obligation to buy’, or no ‘100% satisfaction guarantee’ for our customers. You have to remember it is a business. Information is always available to consultants of all levels about the marketing plan and what needs to be achieved if you want to promote yourself.
If Mary Kay consultants were liars and cheaters, then the whole Mary Kay world would fall apart because no one would want to be a part of that, and we certainly wouldn’t be able to get customers or recruits.
I’ve not attended some career events due to family commitments and my director has been fine with it. She wants to know what my goals are and wants to help me achieve them. There are ‘unmissable’ events such as career conference and seminar and as a businesswoman it is in my best interests to attend them - it’s like work conferences if you are an employer or employee - it’s in your best interests to go.
My director thinks up challenges, or gets them from the company, and it’s up to the consultants whether they go for the sales challenges or not. It’s a way of motivating people. There are other types of challenges and I look at where I am in my business and whether I want to go for them or not.
We base our business and professionalism on our integrity and honesty with both colleagues and customers. My enthusiasm comes from helping women learn about their skin’s needs and giving them the products that consistently deliver on their promises - even if that means I can only meet with 5 women a week at the moment because I work my business around my family.
May 25th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Also those “unmissable” events let you bring your husband, boyfriend, etc. with you!!! So how is this not a Family before career type thing?
June 1st, 2008 at 10:40 am
IMO Jane tells it like it is. “…first of all the standard response for questions during a meeting is “we will cover that during training” so you really never find out the details.”
The foggy say you should have known … but you can’t find out if your recruiter / SD doesn’t tell you until AFTER you sign up! In-touch is not open to the public!
Another topic that hit home with me was what Jane said about her first meeting “My first meeting was on a day I had all day classes and I was not going to be able to go home to change but had a nice pants suit on. My recruiter informed me that I should “just not come then” if I could not get my jacket, skirt, panty hose, and closed toe shoes. Whoa, that should have been my first clue!”
I know MK was started in the 60’s and that was classic 60’s attire, but how about getting caught up with the times? We have a woman running for President who is wearing pantsuits!
IMO Jane’s inventory discussion is classic “Then she would not leave me alone about inventory. Told me I would not be able to make anything of this business if I invested NOW and tried really hard to pressure me into a getting a student loan for $3000 of inventory.”
“What did you learn from your Mary Kay experience?
That it does sound like a great opportunity, and is for some people, it is not for everyone, namely those not willing to lie, cheat and aggressively pursue people to the point of stalking.”
How true. The “You can start for only $ 100″ is not true. Starter kit, shipping, training materials, more like $ 150! Then inventory purchase - must be qualified at min of $ 600, plus Section 2 necessary items, more like $ 750
And in response to taking significant others to meetings, yeah, you can take them, if you pay for them. I have seen a few males at MK events but lets face it, most MK events are NOT geared towards them, with the exception of maybe seminar. But I certainly would never even mention bringing children!
Also, what happens when you miss meetings due to church functions? I’ve actually heard a recruiter say, “You’d think So-in-so could miss church for this event! It’s only 1 night!”