Bad WLB, high stress, good benefits - Junior Software Engineer ByteDance Employee Review

2.0
Sep 5, 2025
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

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Cons

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Cons

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