ByteDance Software Developer reviews

3.3

39% would recommend to a friend

(375 total reviews)
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Rubo Liang

42% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated ByteDance with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 375 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. ByteDance is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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375 reviews
1.0
Jun 28, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart coworkers, lunch and dinner provided

Cons

- Work-life balance is awful. Lots of impromptu meetings on the weekends with coworkers in China - Pretty much all major business decisions take place at the Chinese HQ, and these meetings are conducted in Chinese. You will feel very disconnected from the product and culture of the company if you are not a Chinese-speaker. - Little-to-no formal code review process; the company is more focused on short-term results than long-term maintenance. Bugs everywhere on the development pipeline with little documentation for them. They are reported through group chat and will only be addressed once coworkers in China have time on their hands (very rare). - Compensation isn't on-par with the rest of Silicon Valley

4.0
Jun 18, 2020

Fast growing company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong tech-driven Easy to get along with colleagues Good benefits

Cons

Obvious ceiling of career path 996 cultures Unclear work-life border High pressure

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