TikTok reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(6,273 total reviews)
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Shou Zi Chew

62% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

TikTok has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 6,273 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
2.0
Apr 15, 2026

Blind Leading the Blind

Recommend
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Pros

*Strong office culture in the Sydney office *Good health benefits, including complimentary Bupa 60s cover *Free daily lunch in the canteen from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm *Clients are rewarding and enjoyable to work with

Cons

*Pay is low, with some competitors reportedly offering close to 3x for comparable roles *Throughout 2025, only 2 reps had achieved 100% KPI attainment in a quarter *The KPI has strong emphasis on revenue delivery and product adoption (App ads feature). Overattainment in one quarter can create pressure or disadvantage in the following quarter *APAC leadership previously appeared disconnected from on-the-ground revenue drivers and often set unrealistic targets based on poor data interpretation. That said, APAC leadership has since been phased out and moved in-country *Role stability is limited *Promotions can be difficult to secure *There is a stronger emphasis on optics than on genuine job performance *The role currently requires four days in the office, with confirmed plans to move to five days by September 2026

2.0
Apr 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The company overall has some decent benefits and the office is pretty cool.

Cons

The work itself it's quite repetitive and priorities are constantly changed. Management team is obsessed with automation and cutting down people, There are lay-offs often and the environment is not the best. Everyone is either dragging or just waiting to be laid-off. I highly recommend for people to negotiate salary at the beginning, because there are no promotions and no salary adjustments to inflation rate. Additionally, during my recruitment process, the numbers on top of the table were ones and by the end of a successful recruitment they low balled the offer by more than 20%. So be very careful. Stay strong!

5.0
Apr 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

1) High-impact, high-velocity work at global scale. ByteDance operates consumer-facing products with massive reach, so legal counseling tends to be business-critical, fast-moving, and closely tied to product launches, growth strategy, and crisis management. 2) Breadth and depth across cutting-edge regulatory issues. As counsel, I touched multiple complex areas—privacy, consumer protection, data governance, content and platform governance, cross-border compliance, investigations, and emerging tech issues—building unusually broad regulatory judgment quickly. 3) Strong learning curve and cross-functional exposure. You generally get close partnership with product, policy, security, comms, and leadership teams, which can accelerate leadership skills (risk framing, decision-making under uncertainty, stakeholder management) and make you more versatile for future senior in-house roles.

Cons

The pace can be intense and priorities can shift quickly — but that also means you’ll rarely be bored, you’ll build strong judgment under pressure, and you’ll get more reps on high-stakes issues than in a slower-moving environment.

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