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

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

"Good benefits and packages Flexi Insurance coverage is good" ((in 620 reviews)); "The people are great and at the top of their game" ((in 341 reviews)); "Pay is good but it isn’t work the poor mental state the company will have you in" ((in 335 reviews)); "Salary is good and very comfortable" ((in 316 reviews)); "A lot of learning from great colleagues and teamwork (esp. in ours) was unmatchable." ((in 253 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 396 reviews)); "Extended working hours" ((in 147 reviews)); "some orgs will expect you to work long hours and not mention it in interviews (working as late as 10PM or later)" ((in 128 reviews)); "Bad managers and tech leads managing up" ((in 122 reviews)); "Toxic work culture" ((in 64 reviews))

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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).

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77 reviews

4.0

Nov 20, 2025

Okay Experience

Machine learning engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

access to top industrial applications of ML

Cons

lack of computational resources, micro-management and lack of long-term vision and plan

5.0

Nov 14, 2025

TikTok is not all bad. It’s high team dependent

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I love my team. I think in TikTok it is very very team dependent. Some teams are horrible some are really good. Generally people are really smart but some team can have horrible work culture such as micro managing your time don’t respect your off days etc. I would say it all depends on your team. If you manage to get into a good team and good leader even if the work is tough it’s a lot more manageable

Cons

The pace is definitely fast but good team helps to make it better. My team works hard but we also respect off days and weekend as much as we can.

4.0

Oct 27, 2025

Overall acceptable but expected poor WLB

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

quite a lot of challenges, and the colleagues are excellent

Cons

need to OT very often and meeting at night

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