Does ByteDance pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ByteDance employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 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 2.7 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 (58) , 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 410 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 212 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 181 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 135 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 237 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 177 reviews)); "High pressure to meet performance targets" ((in 77 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 51 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.

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3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,229 total reviews)

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

5.0

Aug 1, 2018

Lots of opportunity

Business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome workplace with very friendly people always willing to help. Lots of challenges and opportunities

Cons

More communication between the companies apps

ByteDance Response

We appreciate your feedback! We are glad to hear you have had a positive experience. We believe that the work at ByteDance can be challenging at times, but rewarding. We are thankful to all our hardworking ByteDancers.

1.0

Jun 8, 2020

your biggest regret

Quality analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

we work's work space is the only good thing but also with 500 people is saddest thing.

Cons

The leads and HR management is worst like anything, manipulative and no salary increments, your whole salary will get deducted in the name of bonus, IJP, Promotions doesn't even work here. no benefits at all, quality of working environment is low, unprofessional staff and management. HR will make you believe that you're getting paid more than you work, but the fact is you will get 15k and some other person will get 50k for the same role, sometimes 70 for the basic content moderator.All your salary hikes and the promised in hand salary will get flooded with the single unprofessional lead's decision.

1.0

Apr 6, 2020

worse company to work for

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

cannot find any pros i would say

Cons

they prioritize short term results over long time sustainable growth; the management has no idea on how to lead and manage ppl, as well as help the employees for their career growth

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