ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,264 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 4,264 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
Jun 22, 2025

Software Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

free lunch, snacks & drink & everything happens super quickly

Cons

everything goes so fast and so is ur employment status

3.0
Jun 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Very pragmatic. Not a lot of office politics. 2. Lots of stuff to do and learn. 3. Hardworking colleagues in general. 4. Good food. 5. Competitive pay.

Cons

1. Not easy for non-Mandarin speakers/readers. 2. Worse-than-average tech stack. 3. Huge workload. Terrible WLB. 4. Quality bar is relatively low.

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