TikTok reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(6,230 total reviews)
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Shou Zi Chew

61% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

TikTok has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 6,230 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
2.0
May 16, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Free lunch, snacks, soft drinks - Company branded gifts - Health and dental insurances - Gympass - Fairly young, social and dynamic workplace, a lot of opportunities to make friends

Cons

- China in control of everything we do, resulting in some decisions that do not make sense; western leaders actually not in control at all - No room for career progression, even less so if you want to change department - No monetary rewards for those who have been in the company for many years, salary increases are only based on performance reviews but that process is also unfair in itself as it doesn't actually reflect on performance - Job cuts out of the blue without pre-warning, your job could be on the line and you wouldn't know until a month in advance - Trust & Safety team isolated from the rest of the company, making us feel very unwelcome despite the very crucial part of the job that we do to keep the platform safe. Without us there is no app. - Bonus scheme not a fair process; very much not in your control despite good performance; it is based on ''quotas'' that the company is trying to manage - Forcing us back to the office 3+ days without any room for flexibility, no sympathy for those who live far - Withdrawal of a lot of perks in the past year (change of health insurance to downgrade, Gympass also downgraded, less snacks)

1.0
Oct 26, 2023

The worst management ever

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are just average: health insurance, dental insurance, cycle to work scheme, lunch and snacks, paid sick leave.

Cons

No job-level framework is available, so if you are hoping to grow in this company, just forget it. Promotions, job level adjustments, salary adjustments, and pay raises are assigned merely on how much of a bootlicker you are. Because if you dare complain or ask for an explanation you will be censored and accused of bringing negativity to the team (true story). RTO increased to 3 days a week and is likely to increase even more shortly. Micromanagement at its finest: with office attendance trackers. for example. They just retired the gym reimbursement, replacing it with a list of partner gyms (and no, none of them are in your neighbourhood, in case you were wondering). Toxic environment: lack of communication, lack of trust, total absence of employee growth, gaslighting, team building budget managed by one person (and nobody knows for what it is being spent), team burnout, disengagement, high turnover.

4.0
May 26, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This places reminds me of Google early days (where I worked for 10 yrs before joining TT). So much growth potential, lots to be figured out, a bit chaotic and not a lot of process and infrastructure in place.. But if you want to optimize for being able to help shape the TT future and feel proud that you helped built certain areas of the business from the ground up, this is the place for you! People also always worry about work life balance, that was my big concern too. I think TT is making an effort to improve here. Also the managers here are reasonable. If I have 1-2 evenings where I have to take later calls, then I can not schedule early meetings the following day so it's not expected that you work around the clock. There's a lot to be done, but just like Google, it feels like impact and progress are much more important than hours worked.

Cons

Being an Asian led company, culture wise it's just less open and transparent than other western companies. For example Google would have weekly company meetings where employees can ask any questions to the C-suite. Here those opportunities are far less frequent and often curated. But I think this is also because of the language barrier, not just lack of willingness to be open.

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