TikTok reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(6,284 total reviews)
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Shou Zi Chew

62% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

TikTok has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 6,284 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
Nov 15, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Big name, big brand, good place for learning if you do your own homework and carve off some time to utilise company learning materials. There are also great mentor programmes and lots of great professionals to learn from and be mentored by. You can progress in your career path is you show loyalty to company values and are willing to go above and beyond and do more than your job scope. Good bonuses, possibility of a raise upon good reviews. Exciting and fun company events.

Cons

Moderators are overworked, they have to work 3 weekends per month and they have no say in which workdays they will have off instead. They cannot fulfill child or other care duties while working 3 weekends per month, they have absolutely no time to be with their loved ones, which leads to burnout and mental health issues. Management makes little and hypocritical effort to help restore and maintain their mental health. Goals and KPIs are unclear, it feels like management keeps moderators intentionally in the dark, hoping they will work harder and faster if they don't know what to expect. Salaries are dependent on your native language thus the team you join and there's disgraceful discrimination between nationalities this way. Some nationalities earn more for the same job. Eastern Europeans e.g. tend to receive lower pay, even if their team performance is far better. All the while the management claims they are championing equality and diversity. Massive BS. I'm not even sure it is legal to discriminate in this way.

1.0
Jul 14, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Multicultural environment. Career progression is somewhat promoted.

Cons

Unbearable amount of lies. It is a shame they feel the need to blatantly lie to candidates during the interview process in order to lure them in. The recruiter said 1K videos was the daily target (which is already very ambitious) but much to my surprised it was increased by 37% the second I passed probation. Working hours turned out to be yet another blatant lie. I was told there were only 2 shifts (early and late) and only 1 working weekend. It turns out you only get 1 weekend off a month! Nonexistent work-life balance. New shifts were also introduced which sit right in the middle of the day (12 to 9 - 10 to 7) making it near to impossible to have a social life. Despite the disappointment and discouragement, you are reminded by your TL that bonus is also based on participation and visibility and the pressure to keep a smile on your face and crack jokes like nothing really happened is really high as your bonus depends on it. Very little support from your manager if you're a quiet person who prefers to do the job independently. You are reminded you need to keep your camera on, talk, participate and show interest which would be fair enough had it not been for the lack of trust and motivation the company caused. Lastly, the salary. Quite possibly the lowest salary I've ever been offered and no room for negotiation, no matter your experience. Overall a very disappointing experience and one I wouldn't recommend to anyone. I can assure you your mental health will be greatly affected should you decide to take this job.

5.0
May 10, 2021

Very good work life balance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

TikTok values every team member and it feels like it is easy to get your voice heard Good work/life balance

Cons

The company wants to go back to office-work as soon as it is safe to do so, instead of listening to employees and our needs. I don't want to go back to two hour commuting when I can do the job just as well or even better from home. I hope this will change. There's still a big lack of structure when it comes to interview process, training, ramp up. During my training I was close to leaving the job because the whole process felt pretty incompetent.

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