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 decreased by 1% over the last 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 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ByteDance?

Content Moderator (410) , Software Engineer (394) , Product Manager (143) , Intern (115) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (75) , 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 benefits and friends." ((in 390 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 312 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 213 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 198 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 136 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 239 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 186 reviews)); "high pressure with no time to spend with life" ((in 78 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 50 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 50 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

(4,231 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

58% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Career opportunities

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 4,231 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

2.0

Feb 14, 2025

Being proficient in Chinese is not optional

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation, free food and snacks

Cons

- All requests and meetings are conducted in Chinese - Requests are all equally urgent, where leaders do not seem to help draw this line (if all urgent, none are) - Severely lack of manpower where people continuously quit, only seniors seems to be hired and these people rarely contributed to the actual work but only on the "management" side - Lower than average job security as compared to other companies in the tech industry

1.0

Oct 20, 2024

Mishandled

Specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

We were mishandled poorly & badly.

Cons

1. Messy. No welfare. No accountability. They mishandled the employees. They suddenly changed our job titles. It's either you accept the new role or leave. The following month, after accepting the new role (which by means, of no choice), they claimed you were not meeting expectations in the new role, so they asked us to leave again. 2. If KPI is expected to complete 15 cases per day, when we take MC one day, the following day when we are back to the office, (we are expected to complete 15 cases + 15 cases from MC day, a total of 30 cases to be completed) This applies to taking Annual leave too.

1.0

Jan 1, 2024

Not a good company to stay

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Relatively generous pay - Comprehensive insurance schemes - Nice pantry

Cons

- Take a tremendous amount of tech debt and never repay to maximize the speed of software development. The source code has become a black box. - Because of this, most internal systems are unstable and difficult to use. Everyone is very busy either fixing bugs or asking around for solutions. - This leaves less time for employees to deliver new features, so people take more tech debt. - Do not appreciate maintenance efforts, but blame if system breaks down. - In the same team, working hour: China > Singapore >> US; payscale: US >> Singapore > China

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