Does ByteDance pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ByteDance employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ByteDance. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ByteDance?

50% of ByteDance employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ByteDance 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ByteDance?

Content Moderator (411) , Software Engineer (394) , Product Manager (143) , Intern (115) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (75) , Internship (67) , Quality Assurance (59) , Data Scientist (53) , Account Manager (52) , Quality Assurance Analyst (51) , Human Resources (46) , Software Engineer(Internship) (42) , Machine Learning Engineer (41) , Subject Matter Expert (SME) (41)

What are the pros of working at ByteDance according to real employee reviews?

"Good salary and manager allows you to be independent in your work" ((in 321 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 219 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 195 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 133 reviews)); "good working environment; working time is flexible" ((in 122 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ByteDance according to real employee reviews?

"TT no work life balance good if you don't want any relationships work like brainless human long work hour spent 8" ((in 236 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 181 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 78 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 60 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 54 reviews))

What are employees saying about ByteDance layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about ByteDance layoffs and their outlook for job security at ByteDance in 2026.

What ByteDance locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Chicago , San Francisco , Mountain View , Los Angeles , New York

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ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,237 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.7

Work/Life balance

ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,237 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ByteDance employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

5.0

Feb 18, 2019

HRBP

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

better career goes, nice view, good salary, good leader, good team

Cons

business went so fast and org grow sharply, so need more thing on OD

ByteDance Response

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We are glad to hear your experience at ByteDance has been good so far. If you would like to discuss further concerns, please contact us at global-oc@bytedance.com.

3.0

Feb 16, 2019

contenst Management specialist

Content management specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free work enviroment and good experience

Cons

poor management from HQ, just like startup company

1.0

Feb 6, 2019

Poor HR Policies

Content operationa

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, pay is pretty good.

Cons

Being a company based in China, they are unfamiliar with proper HR and management styles in the US. They aren't transparent at all with communicating what is to be done with their US team. Our Beijing colleagues are underhanded in their handling of HR issues and do not have a good grasp on the culture US employees deserve and expect.

ByteDance Response

Thank you for your time to share the feedback with us. And we truly apologize on your negative working experience at ByteDance. We will take your feedback into serious consideration and take actions accordingly. ByteDance is thrived to continuously improve working experience and build up best place for explorers to work.

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