ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,242 total reviews)
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59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,242 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews
5.0
Nov 3, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Bytedance is good empolyer. Good treatment, good team and good coorporation

Cons

The competition is so hard. A lot of people can't get used to it.

2.0
Nov 3, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

decent pay / decent bonus

Cons

- Chinese culture - overworking / no work life balance - processes are hard to follow - veru clunky - most documents are written in chinese and then translated - meetings switch from english to chinese hard to follow - lots of politics - leads set impossible tasks / do not want to increase headcount

5.0
Nov 3, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A great environment. Great equitments. Great package. Great leader.

Cons

No life but work. Working in a fast rhythm. Heavy pressure.

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