TikTok reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(6,298 total reviews)
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Shou Zi Chew

61% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

TikTok has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 6,298 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TikTok 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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6K reviews
1.0
Jan 28, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Two pros, but they’re not necessarily due to the company: - very lovely colleagues!! - And the benefits are not too bad…could still be better though compared to others in that sector.

Cons

So so much! - first of all there is zero!!! Flexibility around working hours and arrangements. You are in minimum 9-6, no discussion, every day. - the communication is not just tedious and long, but merely impossible. For several reasons: so many things get lost in translation, for communicating with China is exclusively through texting and that can be tough. The decision making process is endless and problems forwarded are completely ignored. - distribution of responsibility and the power to act upon it is messed up. You keep reporting an issue, as above, it is being ignored, and at the end of the day you have to explain what happened…as if you never mentioned it. And because you’re not allowed to act upon an issue you identify, even though you could, you just watch the whole scenario evolve, knowing it’ll be your fault. - they only pretend to care for their employees. There are no meetings with team mates unless work related. There are no ‘whole team’ meetings, only once in a month, it encourages a very separated work environment. - depending on your team there’s not enough or too much work. If it’s not enough, you just have to sit there, for you have to be available 9-6, if it’s too much you start drowning very quickly for it is very unorganised. (That’s what they call fast paced!) - internal promotions without pay rise!!! And the general pay is not that good to begin with! - they don’t actually know what they expect from an employee. You get a review that is most likely worse than you expect. When you ask why and what’s missing, no one can tell you exactly what was actually wrong with the job you did. I think good reviews are actually based on your obedience towards China, rather than your actual performance. If you speak up, you already lost. Overall I’d never go back there! It was a waste of my time for not enough money and way too much strain on my mental health. If you take at least a bit of pride in the work you do, just don’t go there. You will not be valued in the slightest.

1.0
Dec 23, 2021

Do not work here

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Coming here was a mistake.

Cons

Most of the reviews have already stated the issues: long hours/no work-life balance, unattainable work goals & expectations, rude xfn team members, low pay that's not competitive for the industry, lack of DEI initiatives to create representation, and cultural differences with China HQ. This all adds to an incredibly toxic and disorganized work culture, and no one seems willing to drive the change to improve the culture.

1.0
Oct 26, 2021
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

The positive were the WFH allowance and team Building allowance.

Cons

I have never worked in a worse environment. The company completely lack structure. Communication is really bad, there is no accountability, processes are unclear, there is no transparency, etc. The company tricks people in the hiring process. Most people in high positions have no skills but only got to such a high level from joining the company on its early days. The performance review system is a joke where threats and blackmail are the norm. This place is a disgrace, I don’t even understand how some of the things happening there have not been reported yet to the medias or in court.

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