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?

50% of ByteDance employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ByteDance 2.7 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 407 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 320 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 210 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 197 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 139 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 244 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 184 reviews)); "high pressure with no time to spend with life" ((in 80 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 49 reviews)); "Managers have tons of power and quick visa sponsorship." ((in 48 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

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,236 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% 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

2.7

Work/Life balance

ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,236 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

5.0

May 7, 2019

Running together

Content analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Unicorn startup with a huge market shares. 2. Leader in the media platforms in South East Asia. 3. What I am doing is impacting the platform and the content. 4. Above average base pay for the area.

Cons

-It's tough to make the decision tough for the "flat" organization structure & democratic environment

5.0

Apr 5, 2019

Best company ever!

Employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Empowering culture - supportive, humble, fact driven and can-do attitude across all workforce.

Cons

Competitive salary but below average benefits plans.

3.0

Dec 7, 2018

The company still has a lot to learn. More cons than pros.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Friendly and opened minded coworkers - Nice office - Good benefits

Cons

- No gym membership - Management is unorganized - Hard to build a carrier growth with constant changes in the company - Constant strategy and goal changes which demotivate and blocks carrier growth in the company - It's hard to say something about a project that you've worked on because it was simply interrupted in the middle (sometimes in the beginning) due to no strategy behind decisions or it's kept secret outside of upper management - There's no local based HR to report complaints or difficulties to

ByteDance Response

Thank you for your feedback. We apologize for your experience. If you would like to further discuss your concerns about management, please contact us at global-oc@bytedance.com

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