Working at TRR - Senior Software Engineer The RealReal Employee Review

5.0
Mar 19, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* kind, humble, intelligent coworkers * extremely inclusive environment (60% of board members are female) * management listens and makes changes based on requests (we use OfficeVibe to get an idea of how people are feeling) * challenging, complex technical features (this is considered a pro because the problems we're solving are very interesting from a technological perspective) * Julie Wainwright. She is so approachable and down-to-earth, but also a fierce promoter of equity, inclusion, sustainability, and change * focus on social impact. We sponsor Black Girls Code, One Tree Planted, Black Retail Action Group (BRAG), Nurse Heroes, UN’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action * employee resource groups that support communities in our company (Black Employee Network, Latinx, LGBTQ+, Asian Pacific American, Women, Veterans & Military Families) * continued education. We have specialized groups (frontend, elixir, database, kafka, etc) led by subject matter experts who hold trainings, discuss new and upcoming technologies, and best practices. * stock options * everything

Cons

* SF office is far from public transit (but it has gorgeous waterfront views). This isn't really applicable now since we're still working remotely, but I'm not looking forward to having to drive to Bart, Bart to downtown, then take a shuttle to the office again. But, frankly, this is the only thing I could think of.

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Cons

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