software engineer

shipping and receiving clerk

independent consultant

shift leader

customer service representative

Scentsy

Flexible Work Options. Scentsy offers options like a 9/80 schedule and the possibility of working fully or partially remote, providing a level of flexibility that many employees appreciate.

In my experience at Scentsy, a significant concern revolves around the reported absence of raises in 2023 due to financial constraints, excluding those tied to promotions, leaving many employees, myself included, feeling that the compensation is not competitive. Moreover, even when raises were available, they were capped at 5%, and securing this maximum increase often depended on making it onto the manager's favored list. This process can create a sense of inequality and favoritism within the workplace. The only perceived strategy to attain a more substantial income at Scentsy is by changing jobs every six months, which may not be feasible for those who genuinely enjoy their current roles. The 5% annual raise, if it happens at all, may not suffice for those who are committed to their positions and seek fair compensation. Another challenging area is the need for tangible employee incentives or recognition, adversely affecting morale and motivation. Communication has been a notable issue, with instances where challenges have arisen. Addressing these communication gaps and enhancing information dissemination would contribute to fostering a more transparent and informed work environment. Additionally, the need for wage transparency adds to the overall concern. Career growth opportunities seem limited, mainly when raises are scarce, impacting the long-term satisfaction of employees. The cost of medical benefits is also a significant worry.

This post will get a response similar to "We are committed to creating an environment that supports our employees and their contributions." or "We're constantly evaluating our compensation policies, reward programs as we are dedicated to staying one of Idaho’s best employers." 

Unfortunately these are empty and Scentsy will continue to be Scentsy.

If you are thinking about signing up ($99) just don’t. You will NEVER make your money back. It isn’t just a flat rate of $99 to sign up. Once you sign up for $99 you have a website fee each month of $10, 10% comes out to support the LDS Church, 2% comes out to pay the people above you, plus the extra products you have to buy yourself. If you buy the lowest amount possible, you are looking at spending $900 a year without making any of that back. You have to sell $200 worth of products and if you don’t, you no longer are allowed to make money. You may say, “ Oh that’s all you have to sell? That’s easy!” Well, it isn’t. You are cold messaging everyone you know which probably means the same people who signed you up knows them also or they won’t buy it. So it comes to you to buy as much as possible to make it to $200 so you don’t get penalized and not allowed to make anymore money with them. That’s why you never see anyone who has to file takes with them because they don’t make enough with them to live on. Heck, you can’t even get 5 gallons of gas with a paycheck from them. (1.79 a gallon) When you do the math, you are working for FREE or not even a $1 a hour with them. Yes, it sounds awesome to get 20% commission but you actually don’t get that because of all the fees that come with it. You only make money signing people up really. Because whatever the people that sell below you, you get a % of their income. Only 1% of the people make money and that’s including the CEO. The 1% are the ones who signed up in the very beginning. No one else makes money there. The products do not sell. You have to buy products every month and have the smell of the month, the room sprays of the month, the plug in of the month, ect and that costs a lot of money which the people above you make money off of you buy those. Just don’t. You will work your b off and never have time with family. Why do you see these people saying, “ I can work anywhere even on vacation!” Why are you having to work on vacation? The zoom meetings are horrible and make you feel :/ if you aren’t meeting the sales each week. If you don’t sell they don’t get paid. 

There are many positive things about Scentsy.  They offer premium benefits and it's beautiful campus with a cafeteria.  I really appreciated the fact that they closed for the holidays and we were given 4 additional days off.    

I learned a ton while working the there.  It was a different kind of company than anywhere I had ever worked. My skills were greatly improved.  

The fun part of the job for me is when I was given the opportunity to be creative. There was great satisfaction when everything came together for an event. It was very exciting when all my collateral materials would arrive or when we would open up registration for an event.  
 
The company definitely has some draw backs.  They are constantly re-organizing and re-arranging how they do things.  Within the first year I worked for 3 different supervisors while performing the same duties.Then at one point I went 8 months without a direct supervisor. They also lack in career development.  I felt I was stuck and had no room for advancement and no opportunity for growth. I was only ever given 2 annual reviews.  I felt my skills and experience were very under utilized. 

One of the biggest issues is their inability to make timely decisions. By the time a decision was made, everyone had to put it into high gear to meet the required deadlines. This resulted in a lot of frustration for our teams. Because of this, it made it very difficult to do our best work. I think it's good to work under pressure at times, but most of it could be avoided if only decisions were made at the top earlier.

I loved my teammates and I think most everyone at Scentsy sincerely cared about doing a great job.  Often we performed what seemed like the impossible. On my team we would have done anything to help the other teammates succeed.

A typical day in my Scentsy business includes marketing, organizing, and scheduling. Social marketing, by taking the provided graphics and using them to catch the attention of customers on social media. Organizing, in having my work space organized and prioritized. Scheduling, in having to schedule appointments with clients and potential clients to introduce them to current products and prepare them for upcoming product lines. The hardest part of this job is to reach out to new people and convince them that what Scentsy offers fits their needs. The most enjoyable part of the job is that the products pretty much sell themselves. I'm working with products that I use and that lack the harmful chemicals that shelf products which are similar have. 
What I've learned while working as a consultant with Scentsy, is far more than how to do sales. I have a deeper understanding of their products, and their competitor's products. I am more healthwise, when it comes to knowing what products contain harmful chemicals, and which don't. I learned how to reach out to people and how to find a click with them. When I say that the hardest part is to reach out to new people, what I mean is initiating a conversation about a product with someone that I don't have a click for yet. Clicks, to me, are those things that you can associate with a person. Their likes and dislikes, or their general feel.

I understand. I have been where you are now. 

The seductive promises, usually by current Scentsy consultants, are that you will have tons of flexibility and the ability to work at home while making up to six figures. The reality is that you will have flexibility, but you will not make money. Not for yourself, that is. You may actually lose money because you’ll buy inventory and products for your own use. You’ll make money for the conglomerate known as Scentsy, with the huge glass building on Eagle Rd. in Meridian, Idaho.  Being a Scentsy consultant is for those who can afford not to have a real job. Sorry, but that’s the truth. 

If you want to become a Scentsy consultant In order to sell to family and friends, and keep your own Scentsy habit going, that is perfectly fine.  Fair warning: your family and friends may start avoiding you because you are starting to become a little pushy about scented wax. 

Especially during these difficult times of a global pandemic, selling not-essential products is incredibly difficult. Despite what your sponsor or Scentsy corporate tells you, you don’t just have to work harder or have more parties or make more samples or go to more Scentsy reunions. The sooner you realize that you will never make money as a consultant, the sooner you will be able to get off the train and see what is really going on with this company.

I was hired through Intelligent Employment Solutions. They placed me in manufacturing. As long as you're not allergic or highly sensitive to scents, then it's a great place. There were three main locations to work on as a new hire, the boxing on the end, the sorters, and the shellers. 
The boxers have to work fast and get a personal rhythm down to keep up the pace, and the sorters work with them as the machine lays them on the belt. The sorters have to keep them from jamming the scanner before it reaches the boxing area.
My favorite spot was to be what they called a clam-sheller, because of the shape of the plastic shells. They fill the belt before the wax pour. They have to be fast to fill two rows of twelve, and the speed of the belt can be sped up due to a higher need for a certain product, so it can be rough the first two or three days to catch up to speed.

The only downsides to this is if you have a bad back as you need to stand and bend forward much of the time. The only other thing I didn't appreciate was the off-collar gossip that sometimes happened. Depending on the people who have worked there for a number of years, there's already some cliques within that section of the company, so that can be a bit of an annoyance at times.

Scentsy products is safe to have in the house and can be left burning even when you leave the house since it does not have an open burning flame like a normal candle. I learned that I had to be very careful when ordering to make sure that I filled out the order form closely so that I did not mix up on the scent that I needed as some of the scents are closely named the same or that I could get the wrong item of that scent if I was not careful as this was done all online as was paying for the orders. The hardest part of the job was finding enough people who liked the product to get enough orders to be able to meet the required sales to keep the consultant sales representative agreement met. This is what forced me to end up giving up my consultant sales representative agreement and stop selling this fantastic product.

I loved being a Scentsy Consultant. It was challenging but also really fun and easy to market. Moderately easy to sell product compared to other direct sales jobs. Pay was not worth it unless you became a director and/or had several consultants signed up under you in your "down-line". I experienced many of my friends and acquaintances getting annoyed with me over my constant posting on facebook. I also experienced many customers backing out on ordering. I didn't like the fact that I had to collect $150 in orders just to get free shipping... and then it went up to $200, as well as $200 in PRV (sales) in a 1 month period over the course of 3 months just to stay "active". It became too difficult and time-consuming with very little pay off. As a single mother without any other income coming in, I couldn't afford it anymore. I did however love the fact that I had control over when and how much I worked. My son was my first priority, and it was nice to be able to be at home with him.

The drama from upper management is not worth the pay. The pay is not enough to support yourself or a family  and is excused by stating that the value of the on-site gym and the cafeteria food allowance makes up for it, but those don’t pay bills. Upper management in CS will gaslight you, and does not know how to conduct themselves professionally. Don’t expect any transparency either, and don’t count on your performance reviews being accurate reflections of your performance. A lot of things are said face to face to avoid a paper trail which is a huge red flag, management knows that what they’re doing is shady. Management is aware of employees discontent due to annual company surveys by employees but year after year will brush it off and refuse to acknowledge it stating that it’s disgruntled employees who are no longer with the company because they can’t/won’t admit to their own faults even though the data from the surveys clearly reflects that the number of dissatisfied employees does not match the number of employees leaving the company. 

The job itself isn’t bad, typical call center work, but the drama in consultant support makes high school seem tame. 

I love representing this company. Day to day I get to talk to people about how wonderful Scentsy products are. I also always make sure that I have samples of different types of wax scents and business cards, to hand out to people wherever I go. I communicate with other consultants by going online to our blog. Online I can see when we have meetings, new ideas for sales, and I also have my own website . I keep track of all my customers through our Scentsy workshop. I can send newsletters and monthly dscounts on our products. As an Independant Consultant, I make my own schedule, so I really have to keep a calender and notebook to be consistent with my customers and new things I have to do. This job is based on commision only, so the harder I work the more money I make.It's not based on an hourly rate. I also make sure to keep up on new scents and new products, so I can tell all my customers, family and friends excatly what they will be getting.

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