Does ByteDance pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ByteDance employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ByteDance. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ByteDance?

51% of ByteDance employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ByteDance 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ByteDance?

Content Moderator (411) , Software Engineer (396) , Product Manager (143) , Intern (116) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (77) , Internship (67) , Quality Assurance (59) , Data Scientist (53) , Account Manager (52) , Quality Assurance Analyst (51) , Human Resources (46) , Software Engineer(Internship) (42) , Machine Learning Engineer (41) , Subject Matter Expert (SME) (41)

What are the pros of working at ByteDance according to real employee reviews?

"Good salary and manager allows you to be independent in your work" ((in 318 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 213 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 189 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 141 reviews)); "Teams are great." ((in 124 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ByteDance according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance; expects to be on call even late at night; most of the documents are in mandarin" ((in 236 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 183 reviews)); "High pressure to meet performance targets" ((in 76 reviews)); "long hours and fast page" ((in 60 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 50 reviews))

What are employees saying about ByteDance layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about ByteDance layoffs and their outlook for job security at ByteDance in 2026.

What are the top reviewed ByteDance locations?

San Jose , Seattle , Los Angeles , Mountain View , New York , Bellevue , Austin , San Francisco , Chicago , Ashburn , Nashville , Palo Alto , China , California City , Culver City , Boston , Scottsdale , China Grove , China , San Diego , Sunnyvale , California , Ann Arbor , South China , Canada , Houston , Texas City , Peru , Calabasas , Chino Hills

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ByteDance reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,251 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,251 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Oct 3, 2025

All good until retrenchment

Content moderator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, colleagues, working environment

Cons

Prepare for retrenchment, ridiculous KPIs

1.0

Oct 3, 2025

Toxic environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Relatively flexible shift time meanwhile long

Cons

Toxic working environment, limited opportunity for personal development

4.0

Oct 2, 2025

Great environment/Crazy KPI

Quality assurance analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great snacks benefit - Good environment - Wonderful Colleagues - If you like stagnant roles, doing same thing everyday - You learn a lot about the social media policies

Cons

- Crazy KPI - they want overachievers - You have to be more than just great

Viewing 367 - 369 of 4,251 Reviews

Jobs at ByteDance

Project Management Project Intern (Real Estate & Facilities - AMS) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Facilities Management Project Intern (Real Estate & Facilities - AMS) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Backend Development Engineer Intern (Infrastructure Platform Delivery) - 2026 Fall (BS/MS)

Student Researcher (AI Foundation Model Infrastructure - Seed) - 2027 Start (BS/MS)

UX Researcher Intern (GMPT) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)