TikTok reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(6,296 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 6,296 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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5.0
Mar 9, 2022

Overall Amazing Experience

Recommend
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Pros

I am in DS team and unlike other team, we have great WLB, managers will ask us to log off after 630pm. There are times where we have meetings with Chinese team, however, they are recorded if you are not key stakeholders so you could review the next day. I don't see it a big problem for Tiktok esp. late night meetings/working happen often also at MS, GS , Big 4 and other techs. - Neat WLB so far - Great Colleagues & Tech Culture - Great Managers - Competitive Package compared to FAANG

Cons

- Might be a little hard for non-Chinese speakers due to docs in Chinese but I could see them improving - RSU value are low for recent joiners because they priced $195 so you get limited shares compared to ppl who joined before early 2021 - Only certain office employees got $45 per day for meal expenses even during COVID, that's about $20K annual salary boost; Company seems to push BTO hard.

1.0
Jan 19, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging projects and features to work on

Cons

- Lack of diversity in manager level, with most managers being Chinese - No scope of Promotion - Managers are hired for their ability to speak Chinese and work late hours - Everyone is over worked and stressed which impacts team morale - High employee turnover and no organizational chart makes it hard to find POCs in such global company - No clarity about roles/level expectations and so you will find yourself working just same as any person a level above, but for less pay which is unfair - Performance system doesn't reflect organizational challenges and will reflect on your performance IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER OFFER, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DONT JOIN

1.0
Jan 12, 2022

Mentally destroying

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Benefits - Peers - Cool office

Cons

- Terrible salary - Extremely long interview process (6+ stages) - Worked to the bone. Early morning through to late at night - Expected to be active pretty much all the time, outside of working hours included - Culture team frantically putting on events to try to disguise the terrible working environment. Events that nobody has time to actually attend - Genuinely mentally exhausting, burnout is commonplace - HR team are truly the worst I have ever encountered at any company. Incompetent at every level. - Everything has to go through our office in Beijing meaning the most simple task can be held up for weeks awaiting approval - Micro-management

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