Absolute Misery - Do NOT Work Here Unless You Are Truly Desperate - Anonymous employee The RealReal Employee Review

1.0
1 Aug 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

$25 food credit (used to be $50), commiserate with your colleagues about how INSANE management is, build experience and and run!

Cons

horrible upper management, micromanaging...essentially a company run by twentysomething women who believe they are at a fashion house when in reality we're selling used womenswear.

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The RealReal Response
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So sorry to hear about your views. What I have loved about this start up is that it is run by people who have a lot of experience. It would be great to know what your concerns were while here, so that we could learn and grow. The company certainly is not the right fit for everyone, but I feel it's important for everyone to be heard. That amazing merchandise can live again thru TRR is one of reasons I am both a customer and employee--doing good with beautiful things.

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

Cons

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2.0
13 Jun 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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