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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ByteDance?

51% of ByteDance employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ByteDance 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ByteDance?

Content Moderator (411) , Software Engineer (396) , Product Manager (144) , Intern (116) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (77) , 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 you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 339 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 205 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 187 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 137 reviews)); "Teams are great." ((in 127 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 238 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 181 reviews)); "High pressure to meet performance targets" ((in 82 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 51 reviews)); "Managers have tons of power and quick visa sponsorship." ((in 49 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 are the top reviewed ByteDance locations?

San Jose , Seattle , Los Angeles , Mountain View , New York , Bellevue , Austin , San Francisco , Chicago , Ashburn , Nashville , Palo Alto , China , California City , Culver City , Boston , Scottsdale , China Grove , China , San Diego , Sunnyvale , California , Ann Arbor , South China , Canada , Houston , Texas City , Peru , Calabasas , Chino Hills

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ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,253 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,253 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).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

5.0

Sep 4, 2025

Great work life and growth prospects as fresher

Quality assurance

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life and growth prospects as fresher. Good promotion opportunities. Perks: Meals, cabs, Gifts and bonus and promotion compensation opportunities depending on performance

Cons

Sometime Monotonous and limited exposure when starting as moderator agent level as fresher

5.0

Sep 3, 2025

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Front end engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice work culture and people

Cons

Busy work. Meeting at night

2.0

Sep 3, 2025

pressure cooker

Sales and marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, culture is better than most chinese tech firms, but still not great

Cons

employees tenures are measured by quarters, not years... which says a lot

Viewing 433 - 435 of 4,253 Reviews

Jobs at ByteDance

Project Management Project Intern (Real Estate & Facilities - AMS) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Student Researcher (Multimodal Interaction and World Model - Seed) – 2027 Start (PhD)

Senior Software Development Engineer, Relational Database Service (RDS)

Project Management Analyst Graduate (Real Estate & Facilities - AMS) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Backend Development Engineer Intern (Infrastructure Platform Delivery) - 2026 Fall (BS/MS)