Pink Truth: Mary Kay Directors: Don’t Place That Big Personal Order to Meet Minimum Production

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Mary Kay Directors: Don't Place That Big Personal Order to Meet Minimum Production Jan30th 2012,12:00  Written by JTA Well directors, the end of the month is coming again.  For those not in the know, Mary Kay directors do have quotas and must have total unit production of at least  $4,000 per month.  If they miss a month, that is okay but they must make it the following month.  So directors, [...]

If there is one thing about Pink Truth, it is their stamina.  Over and over again, they repeat the same line.  Kind of like how they accuse Mary Kay of! (Sorry for the atrocious grammar, just thought that sounded best that way...) Another thing they consistently accuse Mary Kay of is stretching the numbers and making the best case scenario sound like the worst case scenario.  Is it just me, or does this article seem to imply that ALL directors "buy" their production ($4k) every other month and MOST spend upwards of $3700 to do it? Also how about the "Harvard Business School" line they like to knock.  Notice that JTA says "MOST make poverty level or below". Fundamental misunderstanding of "Poverty Level" aside, she clearly does not have statistics to back this up. So, what is Pink Truth, really?  Everything they claim to hate about Mary Kay - but this time there REALLY isn't any product to sell, and the "off the charts hype" is palpable.