Mismanaged and disorganized - TopBuzz Employee ByteDance Employee Review

2.0
Mar 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is a flexible work schedule, the app itself is interesting, the daily workflow can be considered educational, and there is a caring community among your fellow US co-workers.

Cons

The Beijing team would often ignore the suggestions of the US operatives and schedule last minute assignments only to abandon them before they could be completed. There was next to no management or clear directives. There was no room for growth, a non-existent HR presence, a complete lack of direction both for the app and the employees, disregard for US work culture and customs, and numerous instances of employees being asked to partake in unethical censorship within the app when it came to a negative reflection of China and related topics.

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ByteDance Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We continue to work hard and dedicate more resources to building stronger communication and collaboration between our global teams and also recognize that these changes can take time. We are also committed to building out further our HR team and resources in the US and globally to better support our employees. We thank you for your feedback and will certainly use it to drive our efforts to continue to improve. If you have any further concerns, please feel free to contact us at global-oc@bytedance.com

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