Does ByteDance pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ByteDance employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ByteDance. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ByteDance?

51% of ByteDance employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ByteDance 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ByteDance?

Content Moderator (412) , Software Engineer (395) , Product Manager (146) , Intern (116) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (77) , Internship (67) , Quality Assurance (59) , Data Scientist (53) , Account Manager (52) , Quality Assurance Analyst (51) , Human Resources (46) , Software Engineer(Internship) (42) , Machine Learning Engineer (41) , Subject Matter Expert (SME) (41)

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

"good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 332 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 207 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 198 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 142 reviews)); "good working environment; working time is flexible" ((in 125 reviews))

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

"No work life balance; expects to be on call even late at night; most of the documents are in mandarin" ((in 241 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 182 reviews)); "high pressure with no time to spend with life" ((in 71 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 58 reviews)); "Managers have tons of power and quick visa sponsorship." ((in 48 reviews))

What are employees saying about ByteDance layoffs in 2026?

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

ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,275 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,275 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ByteDance employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews

5.0

Nov 10, 2021

Great work culture

Content operations specialist

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Best company to work at in terms of work culture, great benefits provided.

Cons

Couldn't find any when I was working with them

3.0

Nov 10, 2021

Good company

Content moderator

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Free snacks, salary above average, fun colleagues and nice working environment. Company also love giving out goodies for employees during Work from home

Cons

Due to supporting EU market, always need to work graveyard shift hour -- which is understandable Sadly, poor management, always changing Moderator KPI calculation. Been working late night graveyard shift for straight 2-3 consecutive months. Often times, mod feels like being thrown around

5.0

Nov 9, 2021

One of the best one in my career till now

Executive producer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Everything about this company, Im love with Bytedance, it's unfortunate what happened with us in India, I would love to rejoin of I get a chance, it's like dream come true, good lifestyle, good money, good colleague, good office, fancy work ethic,

Cons

None I can't even think of any

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