The amount of FAKE reviews on here is alarming. TRR is a horrible company to work for. - Anonymous employee The RealReal Employee Review

1.0
28 Sept 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good starting point for someone who wants to move out of retail/customer service industry. Definitely a hands-on learning experience, stay for a little while and move on. Free bagels on Fridays, catered lunch during overtime week, $48 grubhub credit each month (perks are lacking in comparison to other startups)

Cons

The work is tedious which may not be for everyone. NO company culture, generally a negative work environment. People crying in the bathroom/parking lot is a daily occurrence. Shuttle service is overcrowded and unreliable. Managers are not trained how to actually do the job required of the depts they manage, so if you have a question about your work TOO BAD your own manager doesn't even know the answer. NO work/life balance. In addition to required overtime week, you are are NOT ALLOWED (is this even legal???) to leave work until to you meet your goal, and you are ONLY allowed to leave early unless you EXCEED your goal (so the reward for meeting what's expected of you each day is... more work) No wonder People are quitting left and right and everyone else is looking. This place burns you out and then replaces you. Catty, high school environment. Popular/"fashionable" people are favored by management. Despite the many complaints, HR does nothing to change the deep rooted problems at TRR. Instead they have job fairs and hire more people to make up for the turnover.

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Pros

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Cons

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The RealReal Response
10mo
Thank you for your review! We’re thrilled to hear that your experience has been so positive and that you feel supported and inspired by the team. It's incredibly rewarding to know that you view this as a dream job, if you have any additional comments or concerns, please reach out at https://therealreal.allvoices.co/.
2.0
13 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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