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?

50% 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 benefits and friends." ((in 405 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 319 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 203 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 190 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 142 reviews))

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

"TT no work life balance good if you don't want any relationships work like brainless human long work hour spent 8" ((in 236 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 186 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 71 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 53 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 49 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.

ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,249 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,249 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

4.0

Apr 29, 2025

Awesome company to work for

Tech lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

challenging work, good learnings and interesting product

Cons

less possibility to grow for non mandarin speakers

3.0

Apr 28, 2025

A company where you can really learn a lot

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive offer and benefit at first Fun environment Suitable for someone who love challenges Fast paced A lot of new knowledge and skill to learn and master

Cons

No salary increment per year Too much politics Less supportive in terms of career growth So many changes which can negatively impacted employee performance Performance review metrics keep changing causing confusion in setting priority No work life balance

4.0

Apr 25, 2025

Good product, low public awareness/trust, high targets

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good product (lark) - it works and it works well.

Cons

Low awareness and trust, difficult to breakthrough as legacy systems/platforms have entrenched deeply into target organisations. Long sales cycle as change management is required/urgency needs to be nurtured

Viewing 367 - 369 of 4,249 Reviews

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