TikTok reviews

- Extremely toxic work environment with constant pressure and no psychological safety. - Discrimination towards non-Chinese employees. – Burnout is the norm, not the exception. – People leave or are let go so often that no one feels secure. – The performance review system feels designed to push people down rather than help them grow. – Raises and promotions are almost impossible to achieve. – OKRs are set so unrealistically high that they feel unachievable from day one. – Poor communication, low transparency, and a culture that does not value employees.

Micromanagement, tracking of people (which did not go through in Berlin), team leaders and managers without any background or people skills -- people who used to be regular employees and got promoted without any training or checks if they fit in with the team. Lack of focused business ideas -- in 2024 TikTok laid off people globally in order to streamline business operations and introduce new projects and after lay offs were over said projects were never introduced and plans were changed. "Fast paced environment" of a "start up" is a lie, this is nothing but a mess upon mess. Upon joining 3 years ago I was told people move up quickly and that there were great chances for development and growth. 3 years later I was in the same position without any prospects for anything better or different, because there was no development happening in Berlin.