Management acts as if what they say and what they want is the only thing that matters. All they seem to care about is getting more and more orders out of the door and if that means long hours for you, then that's what it is even if there's a blizzard outside!
The company is very gossipy. It's almost as if you're in High School all over again. Sadly, this (mostly) includes management- some of whom are unqualified and cannot perform their jobs well. Management will constantly talk down to employees-wether you're their employee or not. Management is infamous for pulling people aside to have meetings about everything and anything like someone taking an extra banana from the snacks table. Really?
I was hired to be a stylist but my job consisted more-so of the duties of a photo/production assistant. A huge part of my job was constantly shipping items from one warehouse to another. Very stylist-like, right?
The biggest sign that this job wasn't going to be a good match for me should have been when my interviewer (a former manager) informed me that "stylists don't last here" during the interview.
Unfortunately for me, someone who has worked with reputable professionals in the fashion industry, at The RealReal I ended up working with a bunch of amateurs who just click buttons all day and call themselves photographers. Although they may tell you there's room for creativity, that's a lie. There's no room at all for creativity at The RealReal.
Within the past month 6 people have quit their jobs at TRR because the environment just sucks. People are expected to work very long hours because their team is small but the workload is far bigger. People have even been expected to work until 10pm or later even during dangerous snow storms because orders have to go out.
Apparently, there isn't much of a budget to hire more workers because all of the higher ups are getting the big bucks. Really smart TRR!
All those people clicking away in the photo studio- how amazing of a 'career' you have. The only thing I will miss about this company is the free food!
Suggestion: If you are thinking about a job at TRR- especially a stylist position, I would strongly advice against it. There are other companies who will offer you more. From TRR- there's no where else to go as you aren't growing- especially within the company as most of the "senior" people in the department where I worked had been doing the same thing since the beginning of the company. Also- read all of the reviews. here There's a reason why 98% of them are negative.
