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

(4,252 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (4,252 reviews)

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ByteDance has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,252 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

4.0

Feb 21, 2021

Good

International operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company is not bad

Cons

Work late everyday, and no life and work balance

5.0

Feb 19, 2021

Separated but the best company to work in

Content specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-The HR is dedicated towards the betterment of the work environment. -Has achievable targets. -Immense sense of Unity amongst all teams. -They will not leave you stranded at your low. -Will send you gifts

Cons

-May not get promotions easily.

5.0

Feb 19, 2021

Great Company

Quality assurance specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits, and festive gifts

Cons

The workload and high KPI

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Jobs at ByteDance

Research Scientist in Multimodal Interaction and World Model - Seed - Graduates - 2027 Start (BS/MS)

Research Scientist in Large Language Model (LLM) - Seed - Graduates - 2027 Start (BS/MS)

Student Researcher (AI Foundation Models Infrastructure – Seed Infra) – 2026 Start (BS/MS)

ASIC Design Engineer Graduate (Video Silicon IP) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

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