Toxic and Discriminatory - Account Luxury Manager The RealReal Employee Review

1.0
8 Sept 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Some talented employees but all are under extreme fear and stress because of toxic, discriminatory management.

Cons

Very toxic work environment. Management is filled with people who do not know what they are doing, and they use practices of fear, retaliation, discrimination, favoritism to keep employees in line. If you are an employee they do not like, they will make your life miserable so you quit on your own. HR is filled with incompetent people, and the poor leadership stems from their top executives and CEO. Don't believe the positive reviews because some managers make employees write 5-star reviews even if they are leaving on bad terms. Go to their Instagram and read the comments on their BLM posts from June. You will learn more about what employees experienced, especially POC.

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5.0
8 May 2026
Recommend
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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

When you don't reach your goal, they do get on you/

2.0
13 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

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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