Does TikTok pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, TikTok employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at TikTok. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at TikTok?

43% of TikTok employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated TikTok 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at TikTok?

Content Moderator (422) , Software Engineer (389) , Quality Analyst (216) , Product Manager (167) , Client Solutions Manager (164) , Account Manager (147) , Intern (122) , Brand Partnerships Manager (96) , Program Manager (95) , Data Scientist (84) , Manager (75) , Senior Software Engineer (75) , Project Manager (74) , Machine Learning Engineer (66) , Quality Assurance (57)

What are the pros of working at TikTok according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits; especially healthcare as you can have your partners (married or not & lgbtq friendly) included in your insurance." ((in 629 reviews)); "The people are great and at the top of their game" ((in 337 reviews)); "Pay is good but if you divide by the overwhelming hours per day it is not worth it." ((in 326 reviews)); "Salary is good and very comfortable" ((in 300 reviews)); "A lot of learning from great colleagues and teamwork (esp. in ours) was unmatchable." ((in 230 reviews))

What are the cons of working at TikTok according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and the boss in China prefers to give guys in Singapore low performance review" ((in 400 reviews)); "Extended working hours" ((in 137 reviews)); "some orgs will expect you to work long hours and not mention it in interviews (working as late as 10PM or later)" ((in 127 reviews)); "Bad plus managers here in the organisation" ((in 126 reviews)); "No transparency in the project and leadership 4. Most of the project is managed by CN team." ((in 68 reviews))

What are employees saying about TikTok layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about TikTok layoffs and their outlook for job security at TikTok in 2026.

What are the top reviewed TikTok locations?

Madrid , Barcelona , Madridejos

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3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(6,284 total reviews)

Shou Zi Chew

62% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Career opportunities

2.7

Culture & values

2.6

Work/Life balance

2.5

Senior management

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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1.0

Mar 25, 2024

Untrustworthy

Quality assurance

Recommend

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Pros

Colleagues are great, nothing else

Cons

Management use lip service, no integrity Performance reviews are a joke - result is known before the process is completed, Management downgrade performance reviews, for reasons known only to themselves. Policies for content moderation are at best vague, and very badly written. Multiple interpretations and overlaps, confusing to everyone. Policy continually changing, and affects Quality of work being done. Nothing nice about working for TikTok

1.0

Dec 5, 2023

Work environment and culture

Human resources

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It’s a good place to work with diverse nationalities.

Cons

No structure, encourages bullying, no worklife balance. Management sets unrealistic expectations and they gossip alot especially the asians. They do not care about the growth of their employees all the care about is getting the work done making employees have anxiety and stress. The work environment is very toxic and encourages people to step on others just for the sake of being recognized or promoted. This place doesn’t support anyone’s mental health.

2.0

Nov 5, 2023

Toxic Work Environment, Zero company culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people around you, people are genuinely there to work hard. Being in a hyper-growth innovative company.

Cons

Terrible Sales Leadership- not only are they the least compelling leaders I’ve ever seen, they gaslight and manipulate employees into believing the toxic work conditions are normal. There is zero space to have a differing opinion than the cis white males in the room, and the company itself gives nothing to employees. No perks, terrible office conditions (Austin is the worst), being tracked by China. Everyone works in silos, collaboration is non-existent. Stay far away from this place.

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