RealSelf Reviews

Pros

I was recently injured and have had limited mobility for the last month or so. From the minute the injury occurred to today, my team and the company in general have gone above and beyond to help me. As I look back on this experience, I find myself forever grateful to work for RealSelf. I have felt this way from the minute I joined and honestly didn't need a reason to like this company any more but this whole ordeal has simply reaffirmed how truly lucky I am. The team allowed me to work from home as needed and provided rides to and from work and doctor visits. They even provided meal delivery service while I was stuck on the couch after surgery! If this injury had happened to me while working at either of my two previous jobs, I likely would have needed to take significant time off of work during the recovery period. RealSelf is truly a special place filled with people who genuinely care for one another. While I hope I never have to go through something like this again, the experience, as a whole, has brought many things to light. In conclusion i'm just so honored to be a part of this great organization!

Pros

People, dogs, snacks, and people again! Love it here and it's been an amazing first year. I don't want to be anywhere else!

Advice to Management

We need more consistency! Would definitely like to see a more unified and transparent approach from execs all the way down the line.

Pros

Opportunities to work with a variety of technologies. Coworkers were pretty cool for the most part. Snacks & great benefits. You can get away with putting minimal effort into your work.

Company-wide, the office has great vibes and people are lovely to work with. Many are unhappy, but they are almost always courteous and kind.

Advice to Management

Start over with engineering management. They have continued to fail to retain high performers, or deliver quality product (look at the website).

Pros

Most of the employees are very nice and quite skilled. The product is unique and there are no direct competitors. The office has some nice amenities.

Advice to Management

Tabling something isn't a resolution and meetings where no decisions get made often end up sending ideas into the void. One loud dissenter shouldn't end ideas. If you're going to retain the talented staff you have left, you need to be less limiting and create less friction between departments. If someone from another department is hounding you for something your org did, do not go on a witch hunt (I'm looking at one person with that one).

Pros

snacks, benefits, dogs at work, nice work life balance. Some really good leadership and some really not so great leadership.

Advice to Management

consistency....consistency in managers and how people are treated by those managers

Pros

Not many pros. They don't give you enough time to get up to speed. Too high of expectations and poor management. They need to re-evaluate their structure.

Advice to Management

Give employees a chance to get up to speed. I worked there for only 4 months and wasn't given the proper time to get up to speed and was told I had the wrong job title. I applied for an email developer position, but was told it should have been an automation specialist position, which I didn't have much experience with.

Pros

Really nice perks: vacation time, fun activities, food, cool coworkers, a sense of humor is appreciated here, transparency (to a point, but more on that later), good salary (for most positions) and benefits, dog-friendly

Pros

There are so many pros to working at Realself. Sure you can bring your dog to work and you can have as much kombucha, snacks and sparkling water as your appetite can handle. But what these perks really say to me is that Realself cares about the work environment we come to each day and they are not stingy when it comes to investing back into their people. I also like that the CEO has his desk right on the floor with us, just like the rest of the management team. This lives up to the "one team" core value.

Advice to Management

More conference rooms would be helpful. The ones we have are always full.

Pros

I never dread coming into work in the morning. Each day is different, challenging, and my work is constantly changing in the best way. Coming from a completely different industry, the fast paced culture of RealSelf has been refreshing. Our leaders care about our input in the company and I'm constantly surprised by the amount of transparency from executives. I've also found the leadership incredibly approachable. I never feel like I'm "below" them and my thoughts and opinions feel valued. I feel supported by my manager and feel that I have room to grow in my role and within the company.

Benefits here are the best out of anywhere I've worked. Full health/dental/vision premiums covered by RS, 22 days of PTO and 8 holidays, 3% safe harbor 401k, STD/LTD, and gym/transportation reimbursement. I feel taken care of as an employee.

The perks of working here are never ending and always improving. Cold brew, kombucha, and beer/cider on tap. Snacks, espresso, and monthly catered lunches! Pups allowed in the office make the day brighter and the office space itself is bright, open, and modern.

Pros

The company is a hidden gem. There aren't many other companies out there that can provide a product that is helping so many people, a fun environment and a management team that is straddling the lines between running a company that listens to its people and one that has standards and high expectations.

I'm on the sales team and I've never been with a company where the sales management invests so much time in their people's success. If I ask for help, my Team Lead, Director and even the VP is always willing to spend time to help me. I have never experienced that with another company. They are sometimes brutally honest about what I need to improve but it is usually what I need to hear. The money is also good if you are making sales. Not a lot of pure cold calling and the ability to have a book of business instead of fighting with others for prospects is a plus.

Oh and the perks of being able to bring your dog to work is obviously so cool and iced coffee and kombucha on tap is not bad either. I don't have a dog so I get my dog fix at work.

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you are doing. Don't be deterred by complainers