TikTok reviews

Where do I start? - Absolutely no strategy around growth which leads to arbitrary and unattainable goals. Followed by extreme employee burnout. - You will be online all day, everyday. While there isn’t a written expectation of this, employees are so overworked that it’s not unusual to get a ping from a coworker in a local time zone at 2am. The structure for approvals and process forces people to always be online if not the work will stop. And you cannot be the one causing that - even if you’re on vacation. The expectation is to be online should any urgent requests or approvals come through. - TikTok’s culture is centered around selling you on the opportunity of working for the biggest platform and tech company in the world. With that comes a culture of gaslighting and dismissing employee concerns and general unhappiness. - Compensation is not competitive. Normal increases are 3% which happen can happen anywhere from 12-18 months of working there with no stock refreshes. Zero growth opportunities in terms of leveling. If you want to get promoted to higher level you have to present your case to a panel.

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.