Learned a lot from my manager but culture became worse as the company grew - Anonymous employee The RealReal Employee Review

1.0
Jan 13, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Enjoyed working for and learning from my manager and it is possible to get promoted quickly.

Cons

CEO and senior managers were often hostile and dismissive to other employees in an open environment. A lot of the rules and policies seemed arbitrary and changed regularly. CEO was open about not wanting anyone to take vacation days.

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Cons

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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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