RealSelf reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(40 total reviews)

Minou Clark

59% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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3.0
Mar 7, 2019

Nice Company, Nice People, Not much of a future

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great company culture. Tries really hard to create a place where employees are valued. Focused on being mission and value driven. Good benefits, Fair Pay. Office Snacks. Great Pioneer Square location.

Cons

The business and model just doesn't have much of a future. Don't let anyone fool you - its not a high growth tech unicorn. Its a SEO marketing and sales company that needs to figure out how to be as lean and optimized as possible to drive profits. Don't get me wrong it has a future to be really successful at a fairly narrow charter. But its not going to disrupt the beauty and elective treatment space as is. Too much business baggage, technical debt, and not a strong enough leadership to make big shifts happen. A lot of people were hired in a short period of time to help make the company do something big - it was the wrong team, wrong place, wrong time. Now they are all gone.

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RealSelf Response
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Thank you for your feedback. You are exactly right that we need to make changes in order to be the high growth, iconic consumer brand that we know we can be. Many of those changes are already underway, and the entire company is focused on execution. We are also focused on getting the right people in the right roles and driving a more performance-oriented culture. We agree we need a strong management team and better consumer experience. Where we disagree is about the overall business opportunity. This is already a large market, growing rapidly, benefiting from favorable secular and demographic trends and many under-served adjacencies. Consumers are increasingly demanding the transparency we provide and looking to us to help make these decisions easier. Not only is the market opportunity and consumer demand significant, RealSelf is uniquely positioned to win.
5.0
Oct 2, 2018

Excellent Employer

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Pros

Good benefits, great culture, diverse, competitive salary, great management, challenging work, possibility to work from home, unlimited cold brew, work life balance is good for the area but not as good as software engineering in some other places.

Cons

dated and complex tech stack, located in downtown Seattle so commute times are high if you live outside the city, too much tribal knowledge not enough documentation, tech infrastructure has been neglected for a few years and now we are paying the price.

3.0
Aug 19, 2018

Rose colured glasses.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fun team events, free alcohol all the time, positive environment.

Cons

Preaches about transparency, but shoots down any ideas of your own. No sick time. No time off without pay (unless you've already used the -2 weeks they *allow* you to go for PTO). Overtime is nonexistent, but not all positions are salary.

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