Is TikTok a good company to work for as a Machine Learning?

Machine Learning professionals working at TikTok have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 77 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of TikTok employees being 3.2 out of 5 stars. Search open Machine Learning Jobs at TikTok now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Machine Learning interview questions at TikTok .

Does TikTok pay Machine Learning employees well?

Machine Learning professionals rate their compensation and benefits at TikTok with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 77 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 15.4% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Machine Learning salaries at TikTok.

How happy are Machine Learning professionals working at TikTok?

42% of Machine Learning employees at TikTok would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 9% in the past 12 months. Machine Learning professionals have also rated TikTok with a 2.4 rating for work-life-balance, 2.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.8 rating for culture and values and 3.7 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at TikTok?

Content Moderator (424) , Software Engineer (398) , Quality Analyst (216) , Product Manager (169) , Client Solutions Manager (165) , Account Manager (146) , Intern (123) , Program Manager (101) , Brand Partnerships Manager (97) , Data Scientist (85) , Manager (76) , Senior Software Engineer (76) , Project Manager (75) , Machine Learning Engineer (67) , Quality Assurance (57)

What are the pros of working at TikTok according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits; especially healthcare as you can have your partners (married or not & lgbtq friendly) included in your insurance." ((in 627 reviews)); "Pay is good but it isn’t work the poor mental state the company will have you in" ((in 342 reviews)); "The people are great and at the top of their game" ((in 338 reviews)); "Salary is good and very comfortable" ((in 297 reviews)); "A lot of learning from great colleagues and teamwork (esp. in ours) was unmatchable." ((in 247 reviews))

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

"No work life balance and the boss in China prefers to give guys in Singapore low performance review" ((in 393 reviews)); "Extended working hours" ((in 146 reviews)); "some orgs will expect you to work long hours and not mention it in interviews (working as late as 10PM or later)" ((in 131 reviews)); "Bad managers and tech leads managing up" ((in 128 reviews)); "No career progression nor stability lots and lots of shift (from Global Business Solutions" ((in 70 reviews))

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

TikTok

Part of ByteDance

TikTok Machine Learning reviews

3.5

42% would recommend to a friend

(77 total reviews)

Shou Zi Chew

65% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

2.8

Culture & values

2.4

Diversity & inclusion

2.4

Work/Life balance

Machine Learning employees have rated TikTok with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 77 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Machine Learning professionals have a good working experience there. TikTok is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Machine Learning professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

Reviews by job title

77 reviews

4.0

Feb 28, 2023

Machine Learning Engineer

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

culture great, nice smart coworker

Cons

bad hours since have to do meeting with people in China

2.0

Oct 30, 2022

no promption

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

best colleagues who are brillient

Cons

not enough money, no work life balance

2.0

Oct 20, 2022

The place not for everyone

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is good. Technologies are quite new. Colleagues are smart

Cons

Not collaborative teammates. Chinese is everywhere.

Viewing 70 - 72 of 77 Reviews

Jobs at TikTok

Software Engineer Intern (AI Model Optimization) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (TikTok-Data-Search-Basic Ranking) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

(General Hire) Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Commerce& Content Service & Search Ads)- 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

Data Analyst Intern (TikTok Shop AMS Data Science) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

Machine Learning Engineer Intern (Data-Search-TikTok Recommendation Team) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

TikTok reviews FAQs

TikTok reviews TikTok Machine Learning reviews

TikTok

TikTok Machine Learning reviews

Ratings by category

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

Machine Learning Engineer

no promption

The place not for everyone

Jobs at TikTok

TikTok reviews FAQs

Want the inside scoop on your own company?

Bowls

Followed companies

Job searches

Jobs at TikTok

TikTok reviews FAQs