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?

51% 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 (144) , 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 salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 318 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 213 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 186 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 137 reviews)); "Teams are great." ((in 124 reviews))

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

"No work life balance; expects to be on call even late at night; most of the documents are in mandarin" ((in 238 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 179 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 81 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 54 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 50 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

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,253 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 4,253 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

4.0

Aug 24, 2025

Not bad, but I experienced better Bytedance

Software development engineer in test (sdet)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

pay good, employer care good, working environment not bad

Cons

too much OT, and bosses dont know what to do next after TikTok/Douyin's success. No culture at all, byteStyle is a joke

4.0

Aug 24, 2025

what a company

Risk manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

you learn alot of what you want to do with your career

Cons

stop overthinking and just stay focus

4.0

Aug 24, 2025

Great experience

Content moderator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lovely people, awesome benefits and hybrid work.

Cons

Mass layoff can happen at any time

Viewing 448 - 450 of 4,253 Reviews

Jobs at ByteDance

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Research Scientist in Large Language Model (LLM) - Seed - Graduates - 2027 Start (BS/MS)

AI Vision Research Scientist Intern - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PHD)

Research Scientist in AI Foundation Model Infrastructure - Seed - Graduates - 2027 Start (BS/MS)

Student Researcher - (Seed Infra-Compiler) - 2026 Start (PhD)