ByteDance
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ByteDance currently holds a 3.0 Blind rating from 2,313 reviews. Core product: Imported from companies. Strongest marks: compensation and career growth. Recent pulse: 2.6 from 10 reviews in the last 60 days.
- Overall
- 0.91 Amazons
- Recent 60d (10)
- 0.90 Amazons
- Perception
- 0.92 Amazons
- Recent delta
- -0.01 Amazons
- Perception delta
- +0.00 Amazons
- Reviews
- 2,313
- Perception votes
- 15
- Last updated
- May 30, 2026
- Status
- Unknown
Distribution
Histogram of the selected metric across the full tracked company set.
Score
0.91 Amazons
Percentile
4th
Companies
221
Peak bin
39
Metric breakdown
Overall rating
Default leaderboard sort, based on the company's Blind score.
Recent 60 days
Average across reviews from the last 60 days, using up to 10 of the latest stored review cards.
Career growth
How employees rate long-term advancement and trajectory.
Compensation / Benefits
The pay and benefits score shown on the company's Blind page.
Management
How employees rate leadership quality and decision-making.
Work life balance
The balance score used when sorting for sustainability.
Company culture
How employees rate the day-to-day environment and team culture.
Public perception
Elo score
1185
Confidence band
+- 126
Public record
8W / 7L
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Latest review list
10 reviews from the last 60 days
1. May 27, 2026
Luck
4.0Current Employee / Software Engineer
Pros: 1. Some teams are great for career growth, for others it may be detrimental 2. Good compensation 3. Benefits are great
Cons: 1. Depending on the team, WLB can be pretty bad. If WLB is good, your org may be next on the chopping block 2. Lark will condition you to always be on high alert, even after you leave
2. May 18, 2026
Great ppl too with with in team but mahogany is terrible
4.0Current Employee / Software Developer In Test
Pros: Some of the nicest ppl in the team. Great for technical growth.. documentation id impressive
Cons: You have a strong disadvantage if not speaking Chinese .. since last year, all the decision making is from cn/ sg and USA acts as an offshore branch so the growth is difficult
3. May 18, 2026
Toxic work culture. Leadership changes very often. Perf review is based on relationships with your manager.
3.0Current Employee / Product Manager
Pros: Free lunch and dinner. Free snacks. Gym. 401k match half at first 10%
Cons: So much politics. Managers change very often and managers are very toxic and treat people with 0 respect and appreciation.
4. May 8, 2026
Was good pre-covid but culture declined
4.0Current Employee / Data Scientist Manager
Pros: Fast growth pre-covid time, a lot of opportunities and energy within the team
Cons: Management culture starts to deteriorate, focus on reporting than delivering actual value
5. May 8, 2026
Work life and management are bad, pay is good
2.0Current Employee / Software Engineer
Pros: Comp is great. One of the good comps in singapore
Cons: Work life Management Blame culture Everyone wants to justify it is not their fault
6. May 7, 2026
Good career start
3.0Former Employee / Program Manager
Pros: Free food Lots of learning opportunities for early careers Had some travel opportunities
Cons: No work life balance Terrible food (Bay Area offices) RTO 5
7. May 4, 2026
Stay away!
1.0Current Employee / Quality Engineer
Pros: High compensation and strong benefits compared to many tech companies.
Cons: Work life balance is one of the biggest concerns. Expectations can be extremely high, deadlines are often aggressive, lot of evening meetings and the pace can feel unsustainable. Career growth may feel unclear, with promotion paths depen...
8. May 4, 2026
Don’t come! You will regret
1.0Current Employee / Mobile Engineer
Pros: It’s one of the top tech companies. Many magic techs to learn here. They paid well.
Cons: - The company does not care about your career growth at all. They treat employees like slaves—using them up and then discarding them. - WLB is terrible, you have no way to catch the deadlines unless you keep overworking and syncing wit...
9. May 4, 2026
Good for career growth, bad for everything else
3.0Current Employee / Operations Associate
Pros: Benefits are great, great resume builder, great people but team dependent.
Cons: No career growth within, favoritism towards Chinese, terrible comp adjustments
10. April 28, 2026
Avoid at all costs. 996 cut throat culture. Many employees are facing stress and burnout
1.0Current Employee / Staff Engineer
Pros: - More cash component - Good product - Nothing else
Cons: - All top management is from chinese mainland and they expect 14-18 hours a day output. If you are in US office, you can expect pings and buzz till 2 am at night. - No mechanism of career growth, worked here for 4 years and no manager ev...