The RealReal reviews

2.9

34% would recommend to a friend

(1,599 total reviews)

Rati Sahi Levesque

66% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

The RealReal has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,599 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The The RealReal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Jul 21, 2018

Worst job experience ever

Recommend
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Pros

You literally don’t have to talk to anyone if you don’t want to, so it’s great for people like me. But my coworkers here are kind and creative people, they are the only good vibes happening here.

Cons

1. The job description doesn’t tell you exactly what you will be doing, so you thought you would be a photographer, but instead you are just a person who dresses mannequin and clicks button. 2. Horrible working environment. The warehouse is dusty and smelly. No windows. Very much like a modern sweatshop. 3. The low pay. For the amount of work they are asking, the pay just doesn’t adjust it. They treat you like a robot and want to pay you like a robot. 4. No advancement. They called it internal promotion but I’m not seeing any professional career building on this, basically you just get to shoot shoes instead of clothes, what an improvement. 5. It’s crazy how physical demanding it is. They will set daily goals for you and constantly remind you how far along on your process. Everyone has some kind of pains on their body, but they expect you to just ignore it and keep working, and they will track down your break times, which is ridiculously short. 6. Managers are trying to act like they care but they actually don’t. They just want to you get things done. I feel bad for them because that’s probably how they are treated by their upper management. Overall, this place is bad for your health but even worse, it kills your soul as a creative person. If you are in for the paychecks, do what you gotta do. If you want to do anything that has to do with your creativity and skills, don’t come here.

1.0
Jul 16, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the other employees I met at this job are some of my closest friends to this day. I come from a non-fashion background, so learning about labels was educational / insightful.

Cons

Everything else. Manager was awful (sexist, ran hot and cold but mostly aloof), expectations were unrealistic, environment was bleak and uncomfortable and any perks of the job were greatly outweighed by the soullessness of the job itself.

3.0
Jul 11, 2018

Okay experience

Recommend
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Pros

-No quota -Team based environment -Friendly direct management -Fun and easy-going

Cons

-Corporate is misguided -Little job security -Generally unorganized

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