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 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 209 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 185 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 133 reviews)); "Teams are great." ((in 124 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 232 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 180 reviews)); "high pressure with no time to spend with life" ((in 78 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 64 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 53 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.

ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,246 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 4,246 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

Dec 12, 2024

strongly not recommanded

Software development engineer (sde)

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

you may have opportunity to travel to china

Cons

night meeting with china fork everyday

1.0

Dec 11, 2024

The food is quite good in London, not much else

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great food and a nice location in London.

Cons

Inexperienced manager. Aggressive behaviour. Shady procedures. Internal politics. Purposely overlapping roles and functions with continuous rounds of layoffs and strategic shifts of directions and power internally.

2.0

Dec 11, 2024

Toxic work environment

User support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good health care benefits immediately

Cons

Toxic work place, favoritism, they will not promote you unless your friends with the right people, low pay, catered food is horrible

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