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 (413) , Software Engineer (396) , Product Manager (146) , 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 benefits and friends." ((in 392 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 334 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 215 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 198 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 139 reviews))

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

"No work life balance; expects to be on call even late at night; most of the documents are in mandarin" ((in 237 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 185 reviews)); "high pressure with no time to spend with life" ((in 64 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 52 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 50 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

ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,281 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,281 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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4K reviews

4.0

Aug 15, 2023

Reorg rapidly

Senior software engineer (2-2)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company is still on the highway.

Cons

Poor management from local Chinese company.

5.0

Aug 14, 2023

Great pay and a lot to grow. Lark team

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Good pay 2. Tech stack is quite new and advanced. 3. Team culture is great

Cons

Not a lot for me, but occasionally people need to travel back outside of US to cooperate with other team, which might not be friendly enough for people with young kids. Also knowing some mandarine is very necessary for engineering teams. Work life balance is ok, but sometimes there could be meetings, mostly before 9pm.

4.0

Aug 13, 2023

Love the open team environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Team environment is really open, helpful and cooperation - As long as you have ideas and thoughts that are proven beneficial to the products or to the team, they will be recognized

Cons

- Not clear career ladder - Not much training

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