ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,239 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 4,239 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
1.0
Apr 9, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

fast pace movements and new technology opportunities working on something that's trending despite the ban

Cons

Management here is EXTREMELY TOXIC unless you're personally favored by them or you've got some unique talent Nepotism / cronyism are extremely common here ; Amazon folks and Chinese folks tend to stay allied and are able to get away with so much illegal activity You are going to be worked to death with often unobtainable goals are will be forced to compete with your coworkers and backstab people as well, it's extremely unhealthy there and mentally toxic ( someone still has to get a low rating despite everyone in a team going above and beyond) My personal story : Manager 1 hired me and Manager 2 became my new manager..... immediately hated me due to my background and made life hell for me (did not have access to the right tools for my tasks, unable to communicate with folks necessary to do my job, my own manager became my blocker) HR here is worse than meta & amazon...... they're useless and will lie to protect management (not minor lies, MAJOR lies) EX - they reported that a colleague that was not liked by their manager quit due to his inability to handle the work when in reality, the person who quit had a health condition that HR & management failed to provide suitable working accommodations to. This place is a nightmare, unless you've got a manager that's truly experienced or you're able to speak Mandarin and have a solid foundation, stay away from this company.

3.0
Mar 9, 2025

Okay place

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Very high compensation: If you meet expectations, you are guranteed a 25% bonus, which would make the monetary compensation way higher than most other tech giants. - Smart people: you get to work with very intelligent and hard working people.

Cons

- Lack of transparency: leadership doesn't seem to share anything. All hands are useless. - Lack of respect : the leadership's mindset is that engineers are disposable, and they provide you with little care. - Tech debt: There is no regards to quality, just the bare minimum. It almost seems like employees work long hours because of the tech debt. Also the technology used is very old and backwards, so little chance of growing your engineering skills. - Non-traditional work hours: to function normally and within deadlines, you got to work until at least 7PM to work with colleagues in China, Singapore, etc.

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