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 decreased by 1% over the last 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 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ByteDance?

Content Moderator (410) , Software Engineer (394) , Product Manager (143) , Intern (115) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (75) , 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 benefits and friends." ((in 407 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 320 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 210 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 197 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 139 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 244 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 184 reviews)); "high pressure with no time to spend with life" ((in 80 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 49 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.

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ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,234 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

58% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Career opportunities

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 4,234 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

2.0

Oct 9, 2019

Great company to understand Chinese High Tech fast pace work environment

Partnership manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is fair for the area with 401k matching,

Cons

• Sales goals were not realistic when the company is starting to open the market in North America. • Long working hours to accommodate colleagues based in China • Poor communication with teams outside of China • Sales Materials provided to support the International team's was poorly translated

1.0

Feb 26, 2019

Unethical business strategies, lack of HR resources, US offices are grossly unsupported

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits (subject to change)

Cons

Problematic intellectual property strategies, new features are shuttered quickly and without explanation, muddled top-down communication

ByteDance Response

Thank you for your time to share the feedback with us. And we truly apologize on your negative working experience at ByteDance. We will take your feedback into serious consideration and take actions accordingly. ByteDance is thrived to continuously improve working experience and build up best place for explorers to work.

1.0

Jun 8, 2020

your biggest regret

Quality analyst

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

we work's work space is the only good thing but also with 500 people is saddest thing.

Cons

The leads and HR management is worst like anything, manipulative and no salary increments, your whole salary will get deducted in the name of bonus, IJP, Promotions doesn't even work here. no benefits at all, quality of working environment is low, unprofessional staff and management. HR will make you believe that you're getting paid more than you work, but the fact is you will get 15k and some other person will get 50k for the same role, sometimes 70 for the basic content moderator.All your salary hikes and the promised in hand salary will get flooded with the single unprofessional lead's decision.

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