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 322 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 215 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 191 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 132 reviews)); "Teams are great." ((in 124 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 179 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 74 reviews)); "Long hours and lots of work" ((in 61 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 53 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

(4,260 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 4,260 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

2.0

Sep 5, 2025

Bad WLB, high stress, good benefits

Junior software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits: flexi benefits $2500, lunch catering, pantry, latest macbook, medical etc Decent pay

Cons

WLB may not be great depending on the team and organisation you're in. Docs and meeting are almost all in chinese. Little to no growth if you choose not to OT, even risk being PIPed. Even with OT and effort in delivering feature, it does not guarantee a good performance review grade. Trading time and health for money if you don't strive to achieve a balance

4.0

Sep 5, 2025

Great perks and comfortable environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty good place to work to be honest

Cons

Depends on your team , managers can be toxic

5.0

Sep 4, 2025

Great place to work

Quality lead

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture People valued firm

Cons

Uncertainty Lack of expansion Need more opportunities

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