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 (411) , 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 416 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 308 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 224 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 188 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 138 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 235 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 178 reviews)); "high pressure with no time to spend with life" ((in 75 reviews)); "Managers have tons of power and quick visa sponsorship." ((in 52 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 49 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

(4,237 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 4,237 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

5.0

Aug 23, 2018

cool company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You can work with so many genius!!!

Cons

Some free food is high calorie.

4.0

Aug 14, 2018

Tik Tok makes me happy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

colleagues feels like one family, creative, young and dynamic

Cons

lack team building ; work load

5.0

Aug 14, 2018

optemizer

Advertising optimizer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1.Stay hungry and keep young, you should keep learning everyday. 2.This company has amazing people around you ， they are vary gentle and working hard 3. Doing challenging things with good people

Cons

maybe sometimes you will feel with full of pressure

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