ByteDance reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,239 total reviews)
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Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,239 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
1.0
Dec 17, 2025

Beware

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation and great people.

Cons

Incompetent leadership who has no idea what they're building or how to do it. Uses wrong tools for the job and thinks short term. Hires almost exclusively Chinese people.

2.0
Dec 17, 2025

Toxic Culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is great and you get to work with some really talented people.

Cons

No upward mobility unless you speak mandarin. Extremely toxic culture that rewards people for overcomplicating processes. WLD none existent.

3.0
Dec 17, 2025

do not unless you have to

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

at least sponsor EP, and pay is okay

Cons

busy, always changing leaders. And some cooperation are very pushy

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