Professional Regret - Anonymous employee The RealReal Employee Review

1.0
May 9, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Hardly any; thought rate of pay was one until I found out about the level of discrimination. Used to give free lunch but no longer.

Cons

Management on completely different page from mission statement. You will be bullied and harassed whenever their time permits. HR does not help; completely focused on not admitting they hired terrible management. All depts are a wreck, no one stays with the company longer than one year. Promised opportunity to grow within company but there is never room for you to work anywhere else.

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5.0
May 8, 2026
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Pros

Overall, the receiving team is very sweet and engaging. They try to help you when you need it or ask for it.

Cons

When you don't reach your goal, they do get on you/

2.0
Jun 13, 2026
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Pros

Pay and commission can be good, but the structure is unnecessarily convoluted and not as generous as it seems, and you will have no work/life balance if you want to actually make consistently high commission. If you have a true passion for luxury and fashion, you do get a lot of opportunities to handle and interact with special/rare items, and depending on store location you can meet a lot of interesting industry people and celebrities, especially during Fashion Weeks

Cons

Poor and unsupportive management with extremely unrealistic demands and expectations; you will get virtually no training, but are immediately expected to know how to do everything. The overall company culture is just unpleasant and very cliquey, and there's constant employee turnover. The online customer service system is terrible, so you will frequently have to handle customer issues that have nothing to do with you/your sales.

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