TikTok reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(6,239 total reviews)
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Shou Zi Chew

61% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

TikTok has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 6,239 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TikTok 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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6K reviews
1.0
Mar 5, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good name on your CV, might find interessi g colleagues to work with. Stay here no. More than 2 years if is is your only option to pay your bills Than RUN

Cons

You won't have a life anymore. Targets/objective are insane, they will take out from you all of your energy and guess what? at the end of the day going the extra mile will be considered normal and you will never be properly rewarded for your extra efforts Performance review cycles are just a sharade everything is settled to make the majority of the people fall into middle rates even if everybody is working much more than a person Should Processes and Procideures are making everybody lives impossible, they claim to be a start up but they are just a product line of a very hierchical and bureaucratic multinational group:Bytedance Everything is decided by HQ in China, there is no willingness to adapt to local markets needs, habits or needs in termes of internal organization Company culture pillars are just empty boxes, e. g. they talk about giving honest feedback but if you do especially crtizing the company, even if in a respectful and constructive way, all you will experience is retaliation Compesantion and benefit are redicoulous if compared to what you will be asked, they might seem competitive formt he outside but everybody soon discovers is not like that. Career path are very unclear, agai. They declare to be a start up but internal moves are made impossible by internal. Politics and rules People around you will be stressed and is very common the pass the buck attitude.

5.0
Aug 8, 2021

Love it

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great Product for advertisers wanting to expand into a powerful audience

Cons

- Lots of work at times, but overall its worth it

4.0
May 26, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This places reminds me of Google early days (where I worked for 10 yrs before joining TT). So much growth potential, lots to be figured out, a bit chaotic and not a lot of process and infrastructure in place.. But if you want to optimize for being able to help shape the TT future and feel proud that you helped built certain areas of the business from the ground up, this is the place for you! People also always worry about work life balance, that was my big concern too. I think TT is making an effort to improve here. Also the managers here are reasonable. If I have 1-2 evenings where I have to take later calls, then I can not schedule early meetings the following day so it's not expected that you work around the clock. There's a lot to be done, but just like Google, it feels like impact and progress are much more important than hours worked.

Cons

Being an Asian led company, culture wise it's just less open and transparent than other western companies. For example Google would have weekly company meetings where employees can ask any questions to the C-suite. Here those opportunities are far less frequent and often curated. But I think this is also because of the language barrier, not just lack of willingness to be open.

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