ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,237 total reviews)
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Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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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2.0
Dec 27, 2018

Always Day One

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Very nice colleagues - snacks, fresh fruit every now and then - co-working office space in the centre of Berlin - young, fast growing company

Cons

- Monotonous monitoring of videos, lack of variation and other duties, making you feel like a machine. Just soul-destroyingly boring and a waste of your talent, time and energy. - Working in two different shifts (8:00 - 17:00, 16:00 - 1:00) - You have to work during weekends and holidays - You don't always get two consecutive days off, which makes it hard to reload your energy or have something like a private life. - Shift plans can be rearranged last minute and seem to be almost randomly organised. One week you will be working in the early shift, the next week in the late shift and so on. You can never tell. There is no basic rotation principle. Business needs have first priority, not the health of employees. - A general lack of communication between the management and employees. Management is more concerned with numbers and productivity goals than with the actual people who do the job, which is not very motivating. You don't feel part of the flow of information. - Tasks and responsibilities get handed out in a very random way. - "Personal growth and development"? No one can tell at this point.

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ByteDance Response
7y
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.
1.0
Dec 19, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Trying to do things that look forward facing

Cons

Poor employers with an air of arrogance thinking they know everything. The mid-level management is led by 24-32 year old kids from Beijing who neither apprehend the language, social and cultural aspect of india but dictate how things must work here. While doing so they screw up good products. Besides, they don’t care for experience and pretty bad at giving salary and bonus. The HR system is pathetic and has no clue about overseas employees.

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ByteDance Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback. We apologize for your experience. If you would like to further discuss your concerns about management, please contact us at global-oc@bytedance.com
5.0
Dec 17, 2018

A great place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is a very relaxed atmosphere, you work very well as a team with exceptional and talented people.

Cons

None so far. I'm really enjoying working here.

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ByteDance Response
7y
We appreciate your feedback! At ByteDance, we focus on investing in talents and building a culture that enables everyone to thrive!
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