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 392 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 320 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 220 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 189 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 141 reviews))

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

"TT no work life balance good if you don't want any relationships work like brainless human long work hour spent 8" ((in 230 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 181 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 80 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 64 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 50 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.

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ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,244 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.6

Work/Life balance

ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,244 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews

1.0

Jul 7, 2025

Unhealthy Place to Work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Supportive teammates that helped me throughout my time at the company.

Cons

Rampant favoritism demonstrated by those in leadership roles. Work politics became blockers and prevented projects from being completed within reasonable timelines. Unprofessional behaviors were commonly accepted, such as using profanity, yelling, bullying, gossiping. RTO 5 caused overcrowding in an office that could not spatially accommodate. Unhealthful working conditions, such as dirty desks (desks were unassigned and shared), unclean restrooms, food poisoning and inanimate objects/bugs in food that was provided by the company.

5.0

Jul 5, 2025

Good company

Data analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

high pay, free food and benefits

Cons

long hours, lack of opportunities

1.0

Jul 2, 2025

Get away from it.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The employees are exceptionally talented — top schools, advanced degrees, and high technical standards.

Cons

ByteDance has a toxic work culture that's hard to imagine unless you've experienced it firsthand. You push yourself to the limit, working long hours every day — late nights, weekends — and in the end, you might still get blamed and receive a poor performance review. That said, if your team doesn't need to interact with teams based in China or with expats sent from China, it can be a completely different story.

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