Would recommend 5 years ago, but strongly discourage now. - Software Engineer ByteDance Employee Review

2.0
Jul 18, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay was satisfactory. Advertised culture and values look good.

Cons

Work overtime daily. Work on Sunday every 2 weeks. Almost no personal life. Actual culture and values differ far from boasted in most teams. No engineer culture. Purely product oriented. Hard to get promoted. No annual salary raise. Management is in chaos. Goals change a lot (except core teams).

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