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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777 reviews

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4.0

Jul 18, 2022

Content & Quality Specialist

Content & quality specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- nice career path if you want to develop

Cons

- better position doesn't always come with better salary

3.0

Jul 18, 2022

Learn a lot, but with heavy workload

Senior ios developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Data-driven. The new product features came from data analytics. The product features experimented with A/B tests. Features were released to all of the users as long as they increased some of the critical product artifacts(e.g. user visit, user retention). - Good infrastructures. There were many infrastructures that improved the efficiency, such as A/B test, settings, a rich amount of 2nd-party components, and dev-ops. - Good documentation. I didn't love documenting until I entered this company. You could easily find answers to problems by simply searching the documents. The Lark Document was a great product. - Talent and hard-working coworkers. Most of the coworkers were friendly, talented, and hard-working, even the graduates. You always got motivated working with them.

Cons

- Heavy workload. The working hours were mostly from 10:30 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. I always left the office at 10:30 P.M. because so many tasks to finish every day. The company offered 3 meals, so you didn't have to leave the office. - Lack of manpower all the time. I often felt overwhelmed but didn't have coworkers to delegate some tasks. In hiring new employees, HR didn't help much, we were on our own. - Hard to finish work at the office. Distractions by meetings, instant chats, and coworkers all the time. I sometimes got started work after everyone left the office at night.

3.0

Jul 17, 2022

Not good

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

salary fine, free food, free snack

Cons

pressure, not easy to promote

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Jobs at ByteDance

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Machine Learning Engineer Intern (E-commerce Governance Algorithms) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

Software Development Engineer Intern (Network Automation) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

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

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