Bad WLB + Toxic + Constant Anxiety - Software Engineer ByteDance Employee Review

2.0
Apr 17, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great benefits (lunch + pay + allowance + etc) - Learning and growth, fast pace and working with competent people, and lots of great tech tools

Cons

- Zero to little WLB - Mandarin everywhere including documents, images, meetings, etc - Lack of social connection and empathy - Top down management, gives you anxiety not knowing what would happen next - Lots of workload - Little guidance, but very high expectation - Too much approval and processes - Toxic workplace, everyday feels like a survival game

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Cons

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