Great place to start a career - Anonymous employee Melaleuca Employee Review

3.0
Nov 5, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Melaleuca is a great place to get experience, especially starting out in your career. There are exciting things going on associated with company growth. The company is relatively small, so in your position you may have the chance to do some impactful projects. People at Melaleuca are generally good to work with and in addition to good basic benefits there are some nice perks like a fitness center and quality products for free.

Cons

Most projects require lots of approvals, leading to slow change, last minute stress, and lower level managers and employees not feeling like they are trusted. At times it can seem that Melaleuca doesn't do anything that isn't last minute. Overall, salaries should be higher in my opinion, even though management will tell you that the low cost of living in Idaho makes it ok. I noted a palpable divide between salaried employees and hourly employees, almost like there were two companies. Upper management is not consistent in what they say they will do. Marketing Executives building a Melaleuca business are the most important stakeholder for upper management, so the departments working most closely with the Marketing Executives are the departments that get attention and seem to be the favored employees and place to work.

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5.0
Apr 27, 2026
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Pros

Great to work for, the people are kind and willing to help you with any problem you run into.

Cons

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1.0
May 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- side benefits are okay - it is a median sort of job - I personally have some freedom do to personal professional development on the clock when there is no immediate need for my work (happens very little) - People half listen once they know you have been at Melaleuca after about 5 years

Cons

- No management that knows what they are doing - Not very customer-focused - Don't seek to fulfill their strategic imperatives or strategies or mission - Very hard for people to listen to you because you're new - They don't have a lot of integrity - Very slow to solve problems - Don't worry about making improvements in processes or tools we use - Slow AI usage and no proficiency in AI usage, strategies or implementation - Managers micromanage because Melaleuca is "unique" - Most of the positive things they tout all the time serves only the company's image, not the employees - Don't worry about giving raises in a timely manner - Not goal-oriented employer And I could probably keep going, but will stop here.

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