ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,237 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 4,237 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
May 7, 2022

Toxic Culture and Leadership

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Pros

N.A. none at all to mention.

Cons

Awful leadership which does not motivate or trust team. Very toxic. No oversight from head office so leaders can do whatever they want. Team was overworked and management (and HR) would not take any action against complaints about lead. Team and company had grown so much and so fast that there was no unique BD culture and values to anchor on. Given that it's on growth phase, it was probably easy to impress a not-so-involved head office with bottom line numbers to make a name for oneself at the expense of team. Also working style is not efficient or organized if only working on Lark. Bottom line: think twice before joining. Especially internal functions. Work method and toxic leadership may not bring out the best version of yourself.

2.0
Feb 13, 2022

sucks

Recommend
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Pros

talents around you big and famous highly paid

Cons

unfriendly working hours and get in a wrong team

2.0
Sep 29, 2021

More Cons than Pros

Recommend
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Pros

Good Team, Good benefits, Some Perks, Bragging Rights for working at TikTok

Cons

Deep, Deep Bureaucracy…Lots of layers and many people involved in process or project approval who do not have the background or knowledge to review. Any financial approval takes a minimum of 6 people, sometimes as many as 20 for everything from multi million dollar projects to $100 team building asks. Every approval has to go the top executives in China, last one I sent (for $200) I was told there were 1000+ ahead of me with one person. Nothing moves quickly here and that can be frustrating and ultimately is costing the company millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars. No career advancement, peoples titles change every month - but it is the same job. Limited bonus structure and no equity in company, unlike google and facebook which have a performance program to award high achievers. Expectation that days are a minimum of 12 hours and weekend work is required to catch up.

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