Draining. - Anonymous employee The RealReal Employee Review

3.0
18 May 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are nice, free bagels on Friday's, and above minimum wage pay, plus PTO and paid holidays. Consistent hours (except during overtime).

Cons

It is very much like a high school environment. Lots of gossiping and pettiness. Pretty hostile, if I do say so myself. Anyone can do it. It feels like a factory, and not the fun Willy wonka kind. Although we do get free treats sometimes, so that's cool. Would not recommend to someone looking for something creative and fulfilling. It's a decent job if you just need the money though, and the experience will look nice on your resume.

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5.0
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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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