DONT EVEN WASTE YOUR TIME! THIS PLACE IS A JOKE AND ONE BIG LIE - Product Photographer The RealReal Employee Review

1.0
16 Feb 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

coworkers are nice, coffee is decent, tampons and pads provided in the ladies room

Cons

THIS PLACE IS A LITERAL SWEATSHOP...disguised as a fun, fashion photography gig...if you want a leg up in the a fashion industry this place is not it. You literally stand in one spot in your little cubicle studio and click a button to take a picture around 500 times...and basically break your back lifting and styling a mannequin for almost 9 hours then to get only a 30 minute break and two ten minute breaks. This job is exhausting and solely based on a quota system...if you cant shoot 150 items a day your two second away from being terminated with barely any time to prove yourself. so ill say it again DONT EVEN BOTHER!!!!!!!

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5.0
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1.0
29 May 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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