Avoid at any cost - Software Engineer ByteDance Employee Review

2.0
Sep 23, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Generally pays well and above average

Cons

- Overtime working is commno - No sense of ownership for engineers - Politics and culture are toxic - Too much chinese (documents and meetings are in mandarin in 80% of the time)

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

have lunch and dinner, 401k 5% match

Cons

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