Difficult, if promising, place to work. - Anonymous employee The RealReal Employee Review

1.0
Jun 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive/market salary. In San Francisco. Interesting business solution, in retail/fashion space. In fashion, if that matters to you. They definitely take a chance on people and encourage them to take risks, try new things, etc. Great for workaholics or single, fashion-minded people. Young single people whose alternative is similar cutthroat fashion companies will thrive here. For spoiled SF techies, not so much.

Cons

Toxic workplace. Ruthless leadership. Tend to require overwork, long hours, and little positive encouragement. Management uses fear to motivate people. Everyone thinks they're going to be fired tomorrow.

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5.0
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Pros

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
Jun 13, 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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