No life and work balance - Anonymous employee TikTok Employee Review

2.0
Aug 6, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They give a lot of items like jackets and tumblers. Co-workers are great. Salary is also ok. They provided a PC with good specs. There is also big room for career advancement.

Cons

No work-life balance- as in total zero. There is a lot of workload. They are used to rushing and forcing to launch projects after projects which even adds to the workload. They do not care even if you have to work on weekdays. Benefits are not competitive. It will not matter how many times you raise the issue about workload to management because they will not listen to it. You need to do basically what you are told to do regardless if you have to work outside your work hours. Even when you are already on leave, you will have no choice but to work because of the enormous workload. I even went to a point where I filed a leave just so I can finish other tasks without having to attend countless meetings. That's how bad it is.

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Pros

Pay is level with industry and actual work is somewhat interesting depending on the team you're on

Cons

In my experience, career growth can feel very limited if you are not part of the dominant internal language and cultural network. A significant amount of important context, communication, and decision-making happens in Chinese, which can make non-Chinese-speaking employees feel excluded from key conversations and promotion opportunities. The environment did not feel as inclusive as it should be for a global company. Advancement often felt less tied to performance and more tied to whether you were connected to the right groups or able to operate fluently within the Chinese-speaking side of the organization. Over time, it felt like non-Chinese-speaking employees had fewer long-term career paths and were at risk of being replaced by people who could better fit that internal operating model. Things also move very slowly because employees are often given access only to the bare minimum needed to do their jobs. There is a heavy push toward using AI tools, but in practice it can make it harder to get help from real people. Instead of getting quick support, you often have to spend time going through AI bots or internal tools before getting a useful answer.

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