Best days have passed; the grind is very real
Pros
- Bonus payouts were excellent historically (always hit payout and I averaged 120%) - Big platform, clients excited and want to work with you usually - Most individual contributors are nice, friendly and happy to work at TikTok their first year - Gave opportunities to high performers, lots of first time managers (good for career progression)
Cons
- Very high intensity, colleagues in China working 996 and some leaders expect the same from you - There is a complete lack of transparency; they don’t ever answer employee questions and censor most feedback and questions - Very high attrition rate in the past 12 months - Some horrifically toxic leadership in some unfortunate teams where it’s quite shocking that despite ethics department investigations, nothing happens - Extremely top-down from HQ (China) on several decisions regardless of severe consequences locally - Cases where TikTok didn’t support or provide any paid leave for employees diagnosed with cancer - Base salaries are far below Big Tech competitors - Stock/RSU is potentially worthless and worth less than many purchased it at from the company - Complete opaque levelling criteria and pay scales, dramatic differences in compensation for the same role in teams - Suffering from innovation fatigue - Lots of new managers (very underqualified and inexperienced leaders)
