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      ByteDance Software Developer reviews

      3.3

      40% would recommend to a friend

      (374 total reviews)
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      Rubo Liang

      42% approve of CEO

      45% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      2.6

      Culture & values

      2.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.5

      Senior management

      2.3

      Work/Life balance

      Software Developer employees have rated ByteDance with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 374 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. ByteDance is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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      374 reviews
      4.0
      Oct 17, 2025

      Good benefits

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits Lunch provided Decent TC

      Cons

      Chinese culture is quite strong here

      1.0
      Oct 14, 2025

      Avoid at all costs

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Initial TC is pretty good if you don’t get lowballed

      Cons

      Language Barrier Chinese is the working language. If you don’t know it, be prepared to stare at auto translated captions during online meetings and pray that it understand the various accents. Good luck for in-person meetings. Don’t believe it if they say they’re transitioning to English, been hearing it for years with no progress. Lack of progression They’d rather bring people over from China than promote people here. Expect 0 guidance in this aspect. Then during performance reviews, they give everyone the same PC answers on why we don’t deserve promotions or increments.

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