TikTok reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(6,313 total reviews)
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Shou Zi Chew

61% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

TikTok has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 6,313 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TikTok 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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6K reviews
3.0
Dec 5, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work & something exciting happening everyday as It's a app for youngsters.

Cons

No sense of Direction, Bad Managers

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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We apologize for your experience. If you would like to discuss your concerns about management further, please feel free to contact us at global-oc@tiktok.com
1.0
Oct 31, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Cool NYC office - Commiseration between employees (we're all on Titanic!). - NYC food stipend was nice. LA food is very bad and I've seen people pick out rocks and hairs.

Cons

- Zero work/life balance. They expect you in-office 4x per week and then go home and work until 9pm. - Constant reorgs and unclear goals from leadership. - You can still get thrown under the bus and PIP'd even if the clients like you and you maintain >100% quota. - Management is somewhat bipolar. - Upper management is full-on Split/Patricia. - If they give you more work it isn't because you're doing well ... they're trying to burn you out so they can document it and fire you. - Very high turnover ... I've never worked an account that had >10 people work on it in less than a calendar year. This has negatively impacted client trust but doesn't seem to bother leadership.

2.0
Aug 31, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Hybrid -> WFH twice a week - Work from abroad for a month per year - Lunch, snack, coffee and tea for free - No strict dress code, just come as you are - Multicultural workforce and LGBTQ+ tolerance - If you don't allow the cons to get under your skin, work/life balance is pretty good

Cons

- Pay could be better, as it does not match the salary range of other big tech companies - Micromanagement is hardcoded to the culture of the company; however, the weight of micromanagement is subject to the team lead. - Meritocracy is nonexistent. The performance reviews are a joke and are often used as a tool to force out employees and make excuses for paying lower bonuses, rather than as a reflection and improvement tool. An employee could do the work equivalent of going to the moon and back, and the performance review outcome will be an M for "constantly meets expectations" if not M- for "occasionally meets expectations", based on nonsensical KPIs or KPIs that are out of the employee's control. This practice is well-documented in the media and can be verified with a quick online search. - Career progression is at least slow, if not nonexistent. - "Always Day 1" is supposed to be a core cultural value that emphasises an entrepreneurial mindset and a startup-like approach to work. However, this is not exactly the case. This value is frequently used as a "swim or sink" excuse for poor managerial decisions and last-minute changes to crucial aspects of the job requirements.

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