No transparency - Anonymous employee TikTok Employee Review

2.0
Jun 25, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pension plan, health insurance, paid sick leave, bonus based on performace review every 6 months

Cons

The contract has been changed during the year, downgrading the responsabilities of lots of employees. The company looks a lot like a vendor. A QA-language specialist position is just a basic content moderator position. To obtain a salary review or a promotion it is necessary to wait for two performance reviews that can include anonymous feedback from coworkers, this means that others can actually leave a bad feedback not necessarily based on real performances, lowering the person's final vote. Having to choose beween different offers of employement, I deeply regret coming to Bytedance-TikTok, I've been lied about my duties and responsabilities, there is no transparency and lots of negative vibes coming from other coworkers that try to put others in a bad light to gain the attention of the leaders.

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Pros

Pay is level with industry and actual work is somewhat interesting depending on the team you're on

Cons

In my experience, career growth can feel very limited if you are not part of the dominant internal language and cultural network. A significant amount of important context, communication, and decision-making happens in Chinese, which can make non-Chinese-speaking employees feel excluded from key conversations and promotion opportunities. The environment did not feel as inclusive as it should be for a global company. Advancement often felt less tied to performance and more tied to whether you were connected to the right groups or able to operate fluently within the Chinese-speaking side of the organization. Over time, it felt like non-Chinese-speaking employees had fewer long-term career paths and were at risk of being replaced by people who could better fit that internal operating model. Things also move very slowly because employees are often given access only to the bare minimum needed to do their jobs. There is a heavy push toward using AI tools, but in practice it can make it harder to get help from real people. Instead of getting quick support, you often have to spend time going through AI bots or internal tools before getting a useful answer.

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