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?

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 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ByteDance?

Content Moderator (411) , Software Engineer (395) , Product Manager (145) , 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 321 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 215 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 185 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 138 reviews)); "good working environment; working time is flexible" ((in 119 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 238 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 180 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 77 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 62 reviews)); "Managers have tons of power and quick visa sponsorship." ((in 51 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

(4,258 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

50% 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 4,258 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

3.0

Jul 9, 2025

Seed Bytedance/TikTok

Research engineer

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.

2.0

Jul 9, 2025

Top-tier pay, huge culture issues.

Principal product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Compensation is heavily cash-weighted, with a very substantial annual bonus. * Decent benefits. * Strong healthcare package * 5% 401K match * Catered lunch, paid parking, gym & phone reimbursement.

Cons

* Functionally siloed culture — engineering, design, product, and operations teams that are separated and clash more often than they collaborate. * No long-term vision from the top down. * Everyone operates out of fear of upsetting anyone above them. Leadership prefers employees just smile and do what they're told, regardless of whether what they're told to do makes any sense. * Daily evening calls with colleagues in China wrecks WLB. * No transparency: Documentation is scarce, and that which exists is often in Chinese. Decisions are made without involving stakeholders upon which those decisions should depend. Super hard to access high quality data.

3.0

Jul 9, 2025

Bad wlb

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, food, location, lark, laptop

Cons

Bad wlb , has lots of health issues , neverending work, squeeze as much as possible out of employees and then fire them, super tight deadlines, multiple P000, mom stop reorgs, silent layoffs

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