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      3.4

      51% would recommend to a friend

      (4,229 total reviews)
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      Rubo Liang

      59% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Culture & values

      2.8

      Senior management

      2.7

      Work/Life balance

      ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,229 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
      2.0
      Mar 11, 2019

      Mismanaged and disorganized

      Topbuzz employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is a flexible work schedule, the app itself is interesting, the daily workflow can be considered educational, and there is a caring community among your fellow US co-workers.

      Cons

      The Beijing team would often ignore the suggestions of the US operatives and schedule last minute assignments only to abandon them before they could be completed. There was next to no management or clear directives. There was no room for growth, a non-existent HR presence, a complete lack of direction both for the app and the employees, disregard for US work culture and customs, and numerous instances of employees being asked to partake in unethical censorship within the app when it came to a negative reflection of China and related topics.

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      ByteDance Response
      7y
      Thank you for your feedback. We continue to work hard and dedicate more resources to building stronger communication and collaboration between our global teams and also recognize that these changes can take time. We are also committed to building out further our HR team and resources in the US and globally to better support our employees. We thank you for your feedback and will certainly use it to drive our efforts to continue to improve. If you have any further concerns, please feel free to contact us at global-oc@bytedance.com
      2.0
      Oct 9, 2019

      Great company to understand Chinese High Tech fast pace work environment

      Partnership manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Compensation is fair for the area with 401k matching,

      Cons

      • Sales goals were not realistic when the company is starting to open the market in North America. • Long working hours to accommodate colleagues based in China • Poor communication with teams outside of China • Sales Materials provided to support the International team's was poorly translated

      1.0
      Feb 26, 2019

      Unethical business strategies, lack of HR resources, US offices are grossly unsupported

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent benefits (subject to change)

      Cons

      Problematic intellectual property strategies, new features are shuttered quickly and without explanation, muddled top-down communication

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      ByteDance Response
      7y
      Thank you for your time to share the feedback with us. And we truly apologize on your negative working experience at ByteDance. We will take your feedback into serious consideration and take actions accordingly. ByteDance is thrived to continuously improve working experience and build up best place for explorers to work.
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