Good stepping stone to better pastures - Software Engineer ByteDance Employee Review

3.0
Nov 27, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Talented coworkers Great benefits Great starting salary

Cons

Poor compensation and career advancement opportunities. Much easier to find another opportunity elsewhere. A lot of engineers leave after a year. Poor WLB. A heavy workload is the expected norm. You can choose to take a lighter workload but your performance review will be affected. Poor management of project cycles Poor recognition of individual achievements Only top performers are rewarded appropriately. If not, you should probably leave after a year.

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Pros

The pay is competitive, and the overall compensation package is fairly good.

Cons

If you are not Chinese, career advancement can be significantly more difficult, especially when it comes to promotion opportunities and visibility with leadership. I previously worked in HR compliance at ByteDance. While large-scale layoffs may happen less frequently than at some other companies, the company may use many unusual or legally questionable approaches to pressure employees to resign or justify termination. Employees should be very careful, understand company policies, and keep written records of important conversations.

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