RealSelf reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(267 total reviews)

Minou Clark

59% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

RealSelf has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 267 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The RealSelf employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.6 stars).

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267 reviews
1.0
Jun 14, 2017

Has potential, but beware....

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Free snacks, work from home, new laptops

Cons

This is truly the worst work experience I have ever had. I have never worked somewhere with so much negativity, cross functional chaos, and truly mean people in power.

2.0
Jan 27, 2017

Forrest Gump's Box of Misfit Chocolates

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Profitable startup, no interfering investors, company strives to give good benefits / perks to employees, approachable / engaged CEO.

Cons

If you are considering working for RealSelf in the sales or community departments I do recommend applying there - the comradery of those groups are some of the best I've seen. Sadly the product / engineering side of RealSelf is led by a mix of dour sourpusses, competitive micromanagers, and deceptive inattentives. Execs don't hold bad managers accountable but are fine letting frustrated superstars leave. The lack of loyalty has been my biggest issue with top brass - a long-term employee was hand-picked and sent to represent our philanthropy overseas, only to be fired months later for no good reason and no one said a thing. This silent inaction when things go wrong is all too common when problems arise, and management lean on empty promises in order to make things appear just fine to those at the top.

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RealSelf Response
9y
You nailed it – our team is really great. In fact, one of the things that enables us to deliver a unique and valuable service to millions of people every month is the quality and creativity of our people. This review is a good example! Every day I see people across the business come together to improve our global community, simplify our product and help each other create a work environment that they enjoy. Are we perfect? No! But neither was Forrest, and that’s what made him such a compelling character. I think people here go together like peas and carrots, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. - Scott Brooks, VP Product
1.0
Oct 20, 2016

Gender Biased CEO and Exec Team

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Lots of dogs running around! That's about it.

Cons

I have witnessed numerous situations where female minority employees are treated extremely poorly by white male executives. For a company whose user base is mostly female, it was nauseating to see how they treat their own female employees, all the while sexist male executives remain in place even after several official complaints by different women.

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RealSelf Response
9y
This feedback is disappointing. I take pride in the fact that we’ve created a company and culture steeped in helping everyone, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation or identity, be successful. We aspire to hire unique, diverse and highly capable people throughout our business -- in fact, it’s vital to our culture and our success. We’ve built an amazing and unique team and every day I’m impressed by what we accomplish together. --Tom
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