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?

50% 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 (143) , Intern (116) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (76) , 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 392 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 220 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 189 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 141 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 230 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 181 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 80 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 64 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((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

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,243 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 4,243 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

Sep 23, 2021

WLB bad

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Iteration fast, system is very scalable.

Cons

Regular night meetings, wlb not good.

5.0

Sep 15, 2021

Good company culture, depending on which department you're in

Ad service specialist

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

> Multinational colleagues > Employee benefits > Transparent performance review structure

Cons

> Progression path is available, but not made clear to everyone > Too many notices and information given inside internal chats to keep up with > Job levels are not transparent and salaries are not equal

1.0

Apr 7, 2021

Management Does Nothing

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Compensation and RSU, might become rich if you join in an early time

Cons

There is no management in this company. Most Manager has 3-7 years of engineer experience and hired here as a manager. They barely lead the project before, not even a qualified leader. Putting them on the mangement role is killing engineers.

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