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 decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ByteDance?

51% 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 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ByteDance?

Content Moderator (410) , Software Engineer (394) , Product Manager (143) , Intern (115) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (75) , 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 319 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 186 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 131 reviews)); "good working environment; working time is flexible" ((in 116 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 240 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 176 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 76 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 60 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.

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ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,234 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

58% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Career opportunities

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 4,234 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 9, 2019

Long Hours

Product

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, nice office, and tech

Cons

Long hours, extremely difficult to find work-life balance, teams are basically their own clique so there's lots of drama No one sticks by the company core values

ByteDance Response

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We truly apologize for your negative working experience at ByteDance. And we will take your feedback into serious consideration. If you have any further concerns, please feel free to contact us at global-oc@bytedance.com.

5.0

Jul 4, 2019

Nice company to grow together with

Supporting department

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary and benefit promising company and industry

Cons

Currently no cons to share

5.0

Jun 27, 2019

Great people

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

One or the things that has stood out the most for me is the quality of people at the office. The recruitment has been excellent as far as choosing great people who make going to work more fun and are overall a pleasure to work with. starting with the global community strategy manager who is as approachable and willing to take and give feedback as you can hope in a boss. She always makes time to hear what you have to say regardless of how busy she is. The structure is so flat that it makes it easy to communicate and get along with people from the different teams and roles.

Cons

As a startup things change extremely fast, although I personally don't think this is a con, some people might find it hard to grasp things changing so fast.

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