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?

52% 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 (402) , 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 benefits and friends." ((in 410 reviews)); "good salary and you have the chance to work with the seniors" ((in 328 reviews)); "The company has a lot of good colleagues and have a chance to execute various projects" ((in 217 reviews)); "basic pay is good" ((in 202 reviews)); "People there are nice and helpful" ((in 141 reviews))

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

"TT no work life balance good if you don't want any relationships work like brainless human long work hour spent 8" ((in 243 reviews)); "late working hours" ((in 185 reviews)); "some teams have high pressure" ((in 72 reviews)); "Very bad managers and mentors that aren't willing to teach you." ((in 54 reviews)); "Not work life balance at all" ((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 , 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

52% would recommend to a friend

(780 total reviews)

Rubo Liang

60% 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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780 reviews

Reviews about "Compensation"

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5.0

Aug 13, 2021

Great company and fantastic job

Research scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- good pay - conduct cutting-edge research that leads the industry - opportunities to land research for products - smooth collaboration and friendly colleagues - strong infrastructure for developing AI technologies - effective and efficient on-cal mechanism for infrastructure

Cons

- larger responsibility - longer working hours - have meetings at night - peer pressure, colleagues are strong in general

4.0

Aug 10, 2021

Great for a start

Quality analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-social benefits -lots of young employees

Cons

-salaries could be a lot better

5.0

Jul 29, 2021

Good company with benefits

Quality assurance analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Bytedance is good company with good benefits. I like HR and management team who are very supportive and friendly. Their salary offered bonus is quite competitive compared to others, fast-spaced and international working environment

Cons

You can’t change department internally except that you quit job then apply which is sad. I hope they would adjust in near future

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Jobs at ByteDance

Benefits Operation Data Analyst Project Intern - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Software Engineer Graduate (Dev Infra) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Student Researcher (AI Foundation Models Infrastructure - Seed Infra) - 2026 Start (PhD)

Research Intern (AI/LLM Network) - 2026 Start (PhD)

Network Engineer - Operations