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 benefits and friends." ((in 390 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 312 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 213 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 198 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 136 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 239 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 186 reviews)); "high pressure with no time to spend with life" ((in 78 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 50 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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3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,231 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 4,231 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

5.0

May 6, 2019

Always day one, fast grow

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Experience new open stuff everyday, you will learn a lot of things. A perfect battle field for ppl who got big goals and trying to challenge

Cons

Fast pace might overwhelming traditional jobs

1.0

May 6, 2019

Never ever

Content manager specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Some nice and knowledgeable colleges - nice central located office

Cons

Unethical, unprofessional company, explointment of work laws until their maximum: -change your contract overnight, pressuring people to sign or quit -work on weekends, holidays, nights, shift rotations with weekly changes -Not a good pay check. Even the public sector in Germany pays better. -No work-life balance. Irresponsible management. Extremely unethical HR, -managers are spoiled kids with no people management experience, destroying 70% of the team, making rest of the employees to lose their motivation, -not face paced, just chaotic: decisions from HQ in China follow no logical structure, change overnight -“Changes take time” but suck it up: supervisor promote their friends and leak personal information -“We value every talent” There are no chances to change from jobs/promotion inside of the company. HR just straight lie about it. -HR do not lose any problem inside of the company. -The arrogant and inexperienced supervisor -Fire employees on sick leave, holidays, before crucial dead lines

ByteDance Response

Thank you for your time to share the feedback with us. And we truly apologize on your negative working experience at ByteDance. We will take your feedback into serious consideration and take actions accordingly. ByteDance is thrived to continuously improve working experience and build up best place for explorers to work.

4.0

May 6, 2019

Fast Pace Environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A great place to learn and grow! I love the challenging and vibrant environment. I am constantly learning something new every day.

Cons

There is a sense of pressure to constantly better myself in this fast pace working space.

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