ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,257 total reviews)
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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
1.0
Jul 7, 2025

Unhealthy Place to Work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Supportive teammates that helped me throughout my time at the company.

Cons

Rampant favoritism demonstrated by those in leadership roles. Work politics became blockers and prevented projects from being completed within reasonable timelines. Unprofessional behaviors were commonly accepted, such as using profanity, yelling, bullying, gossiping. RTO 5 caused overcrowding in an office that could not spatially accommodate. Unhealthful working conditions, such as dirty desks (desks were unassigned and shared), unclean restrooms, food poisoning and inanimate objects/bugs in food that was provided by the company.

2.0
Jul 7, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and competitive package

Cons

Strong Chinese management culture, with little to no progression opportunities in most teams unless you're native Chinese. Weak middle management is not uncommon, and often 'leads' with little transparency and unclear direction. Frequent organizational changes

3.0
Jul 6, 2025

US GNE Ops

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

lots to learn, fast paced and generally forces industry knowledge on all staff

Cons

late work hours, unclear org structure, daily scope highly dependent on issues of the day and xfn needs

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