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 (396) , Product Manager (143) , Intern (116) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (77) , 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 405 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 203 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 190 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 142 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 236 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 186 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 71 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 53 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 49 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.

ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,249 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,249 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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5.0

Apr 14, 2021

Great company

Content moderator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

So far Bytedance has been a great company to work with as there are lots of benefits and perks plus they really take good care of their employees

Cons

The company is still quite new and will need more improvement of its systems etc but overall they are progressing well and I believe they will achieve more moving forward

5.0

Apr 13, 2021

Best company culture I have ever seen

Customer success manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This might be an exaggeration since I have worked only 1 year, but the culture was honestly very good. Yes there are uncertainity sometimes but since everyone is going through the same thing, they treat you very well

Cons

Not structured approach, which is expected as it is still a startup

4.0

Apr 11, 2021

ByteDance India | Account manager

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Culture, Work-Life Balance, Lot of Training, Supportive Senior Management

Cons

Uncertainty, Communication gap, Nothing more

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