Is TikTok a good company to work for?

TikTok has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 8,029 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 43% of employees would recommend working at TikTok to a friend and 41% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about TikTok have been left by employees working as Intern , Content Creator and Software Engineer(Internship) .

Does TikTok pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, TikTok employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at TikTok. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at TikTok?

43% of TikTok employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated TikTok 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at TikTok?

Content Moderator (422) , Software Engineer (389) , Quality Analyst (216) , Product Manager (167) , Client Solutions Manager (164) , Account Manager (147) , Intern (122) , Brand Partnerships Manager (96) , Program Manager (95) , Data Scientist (84) , Manager (75) , Senior Software Engineer (75) , Project Manager (74) , Machine Learning Engineer (66) , Quality Assurance (57)

What are the pros of working at TikTok according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits; especially healthcare as you can have your partners (married or not & lgbtq friendly) included in your insurance." ((in 614 reviews)); "The people are great and at the top of their game" ((in 335 reviews)); "Pay is good but it isn’t work the poor mental state the company will have you in" ((in 317 reviews)); "Salary is good and very comfortable" ((in 294 reviews)); "Colleagues are nice and working from home" ((in 242 reviews))

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

"No work life balance and the boss in China prefers to give guys in Singapore low performance review" ((in 394 reviews)); "Extended working hours" ((in 142 reviews)); "Bad plus managers here in the organisation" ((in 131 reviews)); "some orgs will expect you to work long hours and not mention it in interviews (working as late as 10PM or later)" ((in 126 reviews)); "No career progression nor stability lots and lots of shift (from Global Business Solutions" ((in 68 reviews))

What are employees saying about TikTok layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about TikTok layoffs and their outlook for job security at TikTok in 2026.

What are the top reviewed TikTok locations?

San Jose , Los Angeles , New York , Austin , Seattle , Mountain View , San Francisco , Nashville , Bellevue , Chicago , Culver City , Washington , Scottsdale , San Diego , Phoenix , Dallas , California , Houston , Texas City , California City , Santa Clara , Boston , San Jose , Normal , Ashburn , Detroit , China Grove , South San Francisco , Sunnyvale , Miami

TikTok reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(6,285 total reviews)

Shou Zi Chew

62% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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TikTok has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 6,285 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TikTok employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews

4.0

Jun 17, 2026

Good work-life balance but fast-paced environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is appreciated

Cons

Fast moving challenging to keep up

1.0

Jun 16, 2026

Strong compensation but challenging work-life balance

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation and benefits. The company provides strong resources, exposure to large-scale products, and opportunities to work on high-impact projects.

Cons

Work-life balance can be challenging. Collaboration across time zones often requires late-night meetings, especially with teams in China. The culture can feel high-pressure, and when issues come up, teams sometimes focus more on responsibility ownership than on solving the problem collaboratively.

3.0

Jun 16, 2026

Decent pay but long work hours

Algorithm engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay and good benefits

Cons

Long work hours and speak in chinese

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Jobs at TikTok

Research Scientist, Intelligent Editing and AI Agent (Multimodality) Graduate (Intelligent Creation) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)

Research Scientist Intern – TikTok Search / Generative AI (LLM) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)

Research Scientist Graduate - (Trust and Safety - CV/NLP/Multimodal LLM, San Jose) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Research Scientist Intern – TikTok Recommendation(NextGen LLM) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)

Research Scientist - LLM Applications on Search/Ads/Recommendation - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)

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