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      ByteDance

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      ByteDance reviews

      3.4

      50% would recommend to a friend

      (4,239 total reviews)
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      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 4,239 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 2, 2023

      Incredibly Toxic, Political and Gaslighty

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - They pay better than most in the same market - Outwardly the culture is positive

      Cons

      - 90% meetings in Mandarin - 996 is a low estimate for my team's working hours - Artificial deadlines are used to generate unnecessary urgency (constant crunch) - Leaders are out to look good and cover themselves, they will not provide any value but will make sure they are seen to offer support in front of their superiors - One of the company values is openness but a lot of backchannel politics goes on between more senior staff, not excluding HR

      1.0
      Oct 30, 2022

      Poor management, no vision at all.

      Senior engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good pay if you are from China. - Fantastic for those who only play politics.

      Cons

      - Micromanage, unpredictable, no vision at all. Everything driven by extremely short-sighted decisions. - Not able to attract real talents, stuck with incompetent figureheads. - Very China-centric. No career path for non-Chinese leaders. Not willing to change. - Little respect on human. China HQ has no listening skills at all.

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