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.

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ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,250 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 4,250 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).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Apr 29, 2021

Fine overall

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced, great for learning

Cons

Internal communication, somehow unstructured, gaps are often seen

3.0

Apr 29, 2021

Fun but high pressure

Product strategy and operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Products that are at the forefront of trends. I think it is a fun place to work for a follower of each new fad.

Cons

High-pressure environment. There are tons of short messages (like Slack) regardless of working hours, evenings, weekends, or days off. If I'm unaware of the message, such as in the evening, I may receive an urgent notice called "buzz" (a push message from your phone or smartphone).

4.0

Apr 28, 2021

Great culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Approachable leadership and great culture

Cons

Got banned but people were nice

Viewing 3907 - 3909 of 4,250 Reviews

Jobs at ByteDance

Machine Learning Engineer Project Intern (Security-Data) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Project Management Project Intern (Real Estate & Facilities - AMS) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

LLM Research Scientist Graduate (Seed) - 2026 Start (PhD)

Student Researcher (AI Foundation Model Infrastructure - Seed) - 2027 Start (BS/MS)

Backend Development Engineer Intern (Infrastructure Platform Delivery) - 2026 Fall (BS/MS)