ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,230 total reviews)
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Rubo Liang

58% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,230 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews
2.0
Apr 8, 2024

House of Cards

Recommend
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Pros

RTO was 3 days when I started. Some kind and smart people. Pay is OK for market.

Cons

Located in Times Square. Toxic work culture steeped in misogyny. The most entitled whiny employees who make a big deal whenever they don't get their way. Constantly moving targets and KPIs. If you're someone who like autonomy, this place is not for you. They only want worker bees who can produce as much output as possible. Work culture breeds insecurity and cut throat mentality. Collaboration is not rewarded and is almost impossible as everyone hoards the credit for themselves. Vague deliverables and KPIs. Amenities are no where near similar companies. Pantries are basic and no unlimited PTO. RTO is 4 days for most teams and 5 for some but not enough space. You are treated like a number, a data point and nothing else unless you're liked by leadership, a man, or high on the corporate ladder. And DEI? They made such a big deal about it when recruiting, but found out that all ERG budgets were slashed and the DEI team was practically disbanded. Everything is performative with lots of backstabbing. If you value integrity, transparency, honesty, stay far away from this place.

3.0
Oct 24, 2023

GC filing from day 1 is a scam! Don't fall for it.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The organization works like a startup, innovation and creativity is high.

Cons

There's chaos and a lot of grey areas, you're expected to build processes and document them which isn't bad. But afterwards you're told your work is now BAU and therefore you don't deserve a promotion, meanwhile you didn't get promoted for all the previous hard work. My heart breaks for all the immigrants who were told that GC filing is from day one. Don't believe it, here it takes 10-12 months for the attorney to complete your JD alone. It's like there's an agreement with the attorneys to lengthen the process unnecessarily. 2 and half years later you still won't have your papers. Be wise folks! Don't fall for this crap.

1.0
Jul 13, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

decent pay, free deliver voucher for lunch, free snacks, many freebies during festival

Cons

no work life balance, working hours same as as china need to speak Chinese for 90% of the time even if there are non-chines speakers in the meeting culture is very exclusive if you are not Chinese minimal manager guidance as one manager can manage up to 50-60 people lack career progression

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