Being proficient in Chinese is not optional - Data Engineer ByteDance Employee Review

2.0
Feb 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation, free food and snacks

Cons

- All requests and meetings are conducted in Chinese - Requests are all equally urgent, where leaders do not seem to help draw this line (if all urgent, none are) - Severely lack of manpower where people continuously quit, only seniors seems to be hired and these people rarely contributed to the actual work but only on the "management" side - Lower than average job security as compared to other companies in the tech industry

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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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