Life/Work balance is important. - Anonymous employee The RealReal Employee Review

2.0
29 Sept 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are decent, definitely could be better though. People are great. Free bagels on Fridays.

Cons

No such thing as life/work balance, they just want you to work, work, work and work some more. I understand that this is a "startup" (it isn't really, it's been around for 7 years now) but people can't be treated like machines. Performance is very numbers based, and basically any hourly employee gets extremely screwed over here. Salaried employees get treated a little better, though barely. People that are paid based on commission/sales seem to be the happiest here, they essentially get to set their own schedules. If you're good at what you do, you'll never get a promotion because you're too essential.

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The RealReal Response
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Thank you for providing us with your feedback! We truly appreciate the opportunity to learn how we can do better. Please feel free to check in with your manager and/or our HR team so we can discuss ways to implement a healthier work life balance. It is truly a notion we stand for. Regards, TRR HR Team

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