ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,257 total reviews)
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Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,257 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
4.0
Jul 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

-Friendly and helpful teammates -Clear SOPs and moderation guidelines -Shift scheduling is stable and well-managed -Exposure to global platforms and content types -Good entry point into the tech/content industry

Cons

-Career advancement opportunities are limited -Emotional strain from reviewing sensitive content -Pay does not fully reflect the mental effort required -Limited internal mobility or role variety -Recognition could be improved for high performers

2.0
Jul 10, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good package and move very fast

Cons

Very top down, leaders in china care about speed but not quality often left large amount of tech debt. And engineers has no negiciate power against PM or business ops.

3.0
Jul 9, 2025

Seed Bytedance/TikTok

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary. Good food. Work load not that crazy. You may need to have late meetings. But lot of folks come late (like afternoon) as well to compensate that.

Cons

In some teams Chinese is mostly used. Need to work with folks in China too.

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