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 decreased by 1% over the last 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 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ByteDance?

Content Moderator (410) , Software Engineer (394) , Product Manager (143) , Intern (115) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (75) , 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 390 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 312 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 198 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 136 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 239 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 186 reviews)); "high pressure with no time to spend with life" ((in 78 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 50 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((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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3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,232 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

58% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Career opportunities

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 4,232 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

Jan 1, 2024

Not a good company to stay

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Relatively generous pay - Comprehensive insurance schemes - Nice pantry

Cons

- Take a tremendous amount of tech debt and never repay to maximize the speed of software development. The source code has become a black box. - Because of this, most internal systems are unstable and difficult to use. Everyone is very busy either fixing bugs or asking around for solutions. - This leaves less time for employees to deliver new features, so people take more tech debt. - Do not appreciate maintenance efforts, but blame if system breaks down. - In the same team, working hour: China > Singapore >> US; payscale: US >> Singapore > China

2.0

Dec 24, 2023

China politics if your majority team members are in China.

Lead, it services operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Tier 1 benefits - lots of resources/budgets for projects - lots of opportunities as the company grow very fast - tried to be diversified

Cons

- culture and management would be a disaster if hiring manager and HR is located in China. In short, you are manager will use the China way to mange oversea employee, which is no sense. - work life balance is horrible, 12 hours of work a day and meeting on Sunday evening is normal. - immature Junior management come from China make a lots of trial and error that have high risk on failure, and management will find a way to pass away their failure. - people working on take the credit instead work. One China senior employee said it’s important to have a good relationship with the high management team then work

1.0

Jul 20, 2020

Unpleasant and unprofessional behaviour from my male immediate manager, voicing it got my probation discontinued

Pmo project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good woking opportunity, upcoming platform. growing company.

Cons

Performance evaluation was subjective and personal

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