ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,228 total reviews)
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Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,228 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
Mar 31, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Free food -Nice office -Friendly US coworkers

Cons

-The most unorganized, unprofessional company I've even been associated with. -No room for growth unless you're Chinese/based in China. All decision makers/bosses are based in Beijing and due to the time difference most decisions are made overnight while you're unable to offer your input. -Most corporate communication is in Chinese so oftentimes you feel left out of important companywide information. -The company has no strategy behind any of their decisions or at least it's kept secret and not communicated outside of upper management -Young and inexperienced managers who have no idea what it's like to manage anyone and offer very little direction while setting unrealistic goals and setting employees up for failure (hitting 60% of your OKRs is essentially passing) -Very rare to get a promotion and oftentimes you're just shuffled around within the company moving from product to product and don't have any say in the products you work on -Upper management refuses to listen to any feedback or criticism. Anyone I know who has tried has been let go from the company. -Chinese work culture is terrible working 12+ hours/day and 6 days/week, so US employees feel pressure to be "always on" and responsive at all hours of the day often responding to messages in the middle of the night -The company relies too heavily on their AI and algorithms that never seem to work -Non-existant HR to report complaints to

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ByteDance Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback. ByteDance strives to be a truly international company so we apologize for your experience. If you would like to discuss these issues in greater detail, please feel free to contact us at global-oc@bytedance.com
2.0
Apr 22, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great benefits & Competitive salary - Extremely fast paced culture so you will learn a lot (1 Month feels like 1 Year) - Tiktok is growing so u get to be part of a product which is growing exponentially (Good brand to have on your resume) - Free food - Young culture - New office brings fresh energy

Cons

- Most decisions are taken in China - HQ in China - Constant uncertainty due to US-China trade-war - Chinese team members tend to speak in Chinese so non-Chinese speakers can feel left out - Competitive culture so everyone is trying to prove themselves fast and step on others toes - 996 culture is rampant - You may not be able to work for US government/related companies in future since you were part of a Chinese company - Pain of a growing global company. Something I have witnessed at Uber & Airbnb

1.0
Jun 26, 2018

Disappointing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Recognizable company with strong financial backing

Cons

Constant strategy and goal changes China asks for input from the US team and then completely ignores it Weird hours due to time zones Lack of clear leadership Layers of bureaucracy to go through for every little thing Insurmountable cultural differences

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ByteDance Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback. We apologize for your experience. At ByteDance, we value all of our team members' input equally. If you would like to discuss issues in more detail, please feel free to contact us at global-oc@bytedance.com Screen reader support enabled.
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