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?

50% 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 (395) , Product Manager (143) , 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 391 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 328 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 218 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 179 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 137 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 239 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 179 reviews)); "high pressure with no time to spend with life" ((in 78 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 62 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 51 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

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,247 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 4,247 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

3.0

Feb 1, 2023

Need to work during the night

Technical program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Reputation, great working environment

Cons

Need to work during the night, very intense in the Chinese teams US teams may be much better

4.0

Jan 4, 2023

NA

Talent acquisiton sourcer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great PTO, WFH, 401K MATCH , Stocks , BONUS

Cons

No Cons for this role

3.0

Jan 1, 2023

it was ok

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

so i have been with bytedance for a couple of years they interview and asked me some easy question and some hard questions. but the manger i had was ok i had to move on did not want to in this company on the side note i worked pretty much in the moutain view office and the santa clara office there was some nice people in santa clara it was kind of a open space the one in santa clara unlike the one in moutain view the was ok it's was pretty deccent i really like to talk to the guy during lunch and night

Cons

i feel like there are some people are not really happy there

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