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 salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 319 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 220 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 186 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 131 reviews)); "good working environment; working time is flexible" ((in 116 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 240 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 176 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 76 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 60 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.

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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

1.0

Mar 13, 2023

Critical Enviroment for Brazilians

Trends specialist/coordinator

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Big tech company with huge market name

Cons

Completely chinese culture company, which also translates into chinese labor (more than 10 hours per day).

2.0

Mar 3, 2023

contradictory company

Customer success

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

The pros of bytedance are just the benefits and the good salary they paid us

Cons

A company that does not authorize employees to talk about their salaries with other employees, and when spoken to, we discover that people who had the same position earned more than others. Those in charge and function do not have a salary increase, which goes completely against what is said in the CLT (Brazilian labor laws). When a person with a high position goes on vacation, they put a person with a lower level to occupy that position during the other's vacation time, in addition to the complex and complicated work that the person needs to do, the person also needs to do their job and not they don't earn any salary or bonuses for it, and if the person can't reconcile the two, they don't care and even give a low score in the monthly evaluations. In my last month at the company, I and other people who were dismissed, had a month of analysis and assessment and we reached all the goals that were requested, and even so, they fired us, which before they said would not happen.

5.0

Dec 8, 2022

Community Manager and CRM

Community manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Big tech companny where you have the opportunity to meet and work with talented coworkers. You are expected to create great things, so you have the creativity freedom to design great campaigns, projects etc.

Cons

constantly gaps in communications with oversea teams. due to HQ demands, you will have to postpone a lot of your project to prioritize theirs.

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