TikTok reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(6,233 total reviews)
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Shou Zi Chew

61% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

TikTok has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 6,233 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TikTok 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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6K reviews
5.0
Sep 14, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Salary with great benefits such as Gym membership as well as Health insurance and daily vouchers for food, deliveroo vouchers and the list goes on.. Occasional cash bonuses from mother company ByteDance apart from the main yearly bonus! The bonus is not difficult to obtain at all, If you simply have a good work ethic & are motivated & willing to grow with Tiktok you will receive the bonus. The actual workload is doable & not difficult.. they provide good quality training and slowly ease you into your work with enough time to get accustomed to their system & work style. There's plenty of room to grow & a high chance you'll be promoted very quickly if you simply show youre motivated & you want to get promoted. The job is really global, you'll be working with teams from all around the world, you'll have meetings with them & you'll be in touch with not just your market but many markets & its really enjoyable! You have management but the eay the system is, you manage most of your things such as annual leave, overtime hours, its self management. Of course they'll be approved by a manager but I've worked at many companies and I havent seen the same trust in employees as Tiktok.

Cons

Prepare for a busy workday everyday! This isn't necessarily a con but it might be for some.. everyday is filled with your daily targets but also meetings & updates & emergency tasks will pop up so you'll need to find time for those too. It is not the job where you can just sit down and have chats at your desk for hours.. there is a lot of workload but again its doable just not for the lazy. Updates can be overwhelming as its such a fast changing environment & the policy & procedures will change faster than you might expect so be ready to accept change & be able to change with it. You need an open mindset & a modern take on things. You need to be a chameleon, follow the trends, stay on top of things. If you can master this, you'll do great at Tiktok! Having no opinion is simply not an option.. you will be asked for recommendations & how to improve policy & procedures & saying nothing is not an option.. you won't be fired but its expected from you to constantly look for ways to improve everything. Again, most of these cons aren't as bad as other cons in other companies.

1.0
Aug 22, 2023

I RAN from this place

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Opportunity to learn quickly and decent pay.

Cons

Absolutely no work/life balance. Toxic leaders who know just enough psychology to gaslight you. You will be thrown under the bus if you are white.

2.0
Nov 15, 2021

Build your resume for a year, then look elsewhere

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Looks great on a resume, but most folks bounce after they hit the one-year mark — they let the first tranche of their equity vest, collect a cash bonus, and then leave because of poor the work-life ratio. - TikTok has a great brand right now. It’s not difficult to garner interest from external parties, be they job candidates or corporate partnerships. - I’m happy enough with my comp, though employee happiness w/r/t pay seems inconsistent based on other reviews here.

Cons

- As others have noted, the company expects that individuals will go farther than blurring the line between work and life — that boundary simply doesn’t exist. I’ve observed that individuals who do reinforce healthy boundaries can expect to see damaging impact to their perceived performance. - The company claims to have culture, but what it’s managed to produce is closer to flashy swag with little substance. The experience of working here often feels like someone studied FAANG for an afternoon and created a poor replica of what was already a problematic blueprint. - The company values speed over everything, which regularly results in a lack of clear communication and feedback loops. It’s not an especially friendly place to work which compounds the issue.

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