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 (395) , Product Manager (145) , 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 323 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 212 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 187 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 133 reviews)); "Teams are great." ((in 123 reviews))

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

"TT no work life balance good if you don't want any relationships work like brainless human long work hour spent 8" ((in 239 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 183 reviews)); "High pressure to meet performance targets" ((in 79 reviews)); "Managers have tons of power and quick visa sponsorship." ((in 50 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 49 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.

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ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,257 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 4,257 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).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

5.0

Mar 2, 2021

A great work culture in bytedance

Community content management specialist

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Colleagues are very friendly, we get to learn a lot from the organisation.

Cons

They do not provide shift preference for females. There are only one shift mandatory for females.

5.0

Mar 2, 2021

Awesome place

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Management and work culture are the big plus

Cons

Nothing as such. Just that it suffered amid the Indo-China tensions

5.0

Mar 1, 2021

Procurement executive

Procurement agent

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good company to work.Work life balance

Cons

No cons of this company except the goverment rule

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