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 (411) , Software Engineer (396) , Product Manager (143) , 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 manager allows you to be independent in your work" ((in 318 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 213 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 189 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 141 reviews)); "Teams are great." ((in 124 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 236 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 183 reviews)); "High pressure to meet performance targets" ((in 76 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 60 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 50 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

(4,251 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,251 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

3.0

May 28, 2025

Good business but poor WLB

Senior software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good and large scale business

Cons

Poor WLB and management, long work hour

2.0

May 23, 2025

Dissapointed

Quality assurance

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Supportive friends that help me having a good time.

Cons

HR terminate me four months after my hospitalisation leave. I worked for five years, contributing to Bytedance success. I'm a QA and also a trainer for Search Engine Opitimization dept. I make the training material, supporting not only my market but Also ID, TH,PH,VN,AI. I'm performing exceed expectations few times with tiktok, rarely took a sick leave. This is how they treat me? Thank you so much for the PTSD :)

5.0

May 10, 2025

Salary

Content moderation

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good renumeration and working colleagues. Lunch and many activities planned by them.

Cons

pressure from team leads constantly to meet KPI. Inundated with mutiple projects.

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