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 (414) , Software Engineer (400) , Product Manager (147) , Intern (116) , Quality Analyst (79) , Senior Software Engineer (79) , Internship (67) , Quality Assurance (60) , 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 you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 331 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 218 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 200 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 141 reviews)); "good working environment; working time is flexible" ((in 122 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 240 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 185 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 86 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 54 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((in 51 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 , Sunnyvale , Boston , Scottsdale , China Grove , China , San Diego , 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

(777 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

59% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.6

Work/Life balance

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4.0

Jan 13, 2024

Excellent Chinese Internet Company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Lots of excellent engineers. 2. Good communication environment. 3. Above average salary.

Cons

1. Busy, too busy 2. Too many oncalls

2.0

Jan 12, 2024

Very hard if you report to someone based in CN

Team leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The salary was not bad and there were lots of opportunities for travel so I did enjoy that. In terms of personal growth, I met a lot of personalities and learned how to navigate cultural differences with a lot of success. However, I didn’t learn any new hard skills. The tools we used were internally developed and not used in other companies so I can’t even say it’ll help me in my next job.

Cons

1. Very very political. It’s all about who you know. It gets very tiring and stressful playing office politics. 2. Unrealistic expectations. Wants everything to be measurable and show improvement within a short period of time when the company doesn’t even have the appropriate tools to accurately measure anythings 3. If your leader is based in CN and you have to work with colleagues there, it’ll be very hard. They say they’ll accommodate your time zone but they’ll only try once or twice then default make to what is convenient for them so it means late nights for those working outside of their time zone. 4. Documentation Sucks. Enough said.

3.0

Jan 10, 2024

Ba

Search operation specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Less stresss ok ok je

Cons

Small increment sibs heeehehehe Hard policy

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