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 (144) , 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 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 186 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 137 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 238 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 179 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 81 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 54 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((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.

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ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,253 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.6

Work/Life balance

ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,253 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Oct 11, 2024

Good to apply while searching for another job elsewhere

Content moderator

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Medical benefits are good 5 Free daily beverages

Cons

Frequent monthly management changes Unrealistic goals and KPI

2.0

Sep 25, 2024

started great ended terribly

Content moderator

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

We had alot of good team leads and SMEs. decent benefits.

Cons

the top brass of the department just would fight for the moderators. KPI's and policies changed constantly and expected to adapt to it on the fly.

3.0

Sep 25, 2024

Fast paced and fickle leadership

Operations team leader

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- The multicultural people you work alongside - The culture of candid communication - Depending on role, travel opportunities! - Opportunity to launch projects and upskill ownself at any level of superiority - Competitive salary and pay raises if your direct leaders recognize your good work

Cons

- Poor management decision-making (pillar & department level) - Regular cost cutting by frequent staff layoffs - Bad strategy & long-term planning by leadership - At top level, they value age & corporate politics over ability - Meaningless performance review metrics, because management has already bell-curved the payouts

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