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?

51% 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 salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 318 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 213 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 186 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 137 reviews)); "Teams are great." ((in 124 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ByteDance according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance; expects to be on call even late at night; most of the documents are in mandarin" ((in 238 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 179 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 81 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 54 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((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

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,253 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 4,253 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

1.0

Apr 23, 2024

too much overtime

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

most terrible employer I've worked for.

Cons

too much overtime and code quality is awful.

2.0

Apr 23, 2024

Culture and compensation

Policy quality specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Its inhouse company and its well known aside from that I can't say to much still I'm grateful to have worked in an inhouse company.

Cons

I can't say too much because they might go after me but reconsider your choices there are other companies out there. It's not recommendable for someone who wants to eagerly build and improve skills since most of the time you'll be just handed with a task to accomplish on day to day basis meeting deadlines with no one to approach to or ask for help.

4.0

Apr 18, 2024

a place to extend

Global sales operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Rapid personal growth, 1 year in ByteDance is that 3 years in other companies

Cons

Bonus standards vary from department to department

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