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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Ratings trend for the last 6 months (4,253 reviews)

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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

3.0

Sep 2, 2025

Good pay, weird place

Site reliability engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits Great pay Interesting work

Cons

Overwhelming use of mandarin makes it difficult to get work done as someone who doesn’t speak the language.

3.0

Sep 2, 2025

Fast paced

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good salary and extra benefits

Cons

work life balance a shambles

4.0

Sep 2, 2025

Fair

Content moderator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefit Friendly enviroment Staff wellness taken care well Good pay

Cons

Toxic team lead Biass Need to kipas to survive Sudden layoff cause ppl to suffer

Viewing 436 - 438 of 4,253 Reviews

Jobs at ByteDance

Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Global E-commerce Risk Control) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

Machine Learning Engineer - Inference

PC Publishing & PR Manager - Games

Software Engineer Intern (Developer Infrastructure) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

Language Specialist Project Intern (Language Center) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)