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ByteDance: time-zone overload and a blame-shifting, results-only culture

2023-04-13T00:00:00+00:00

Late-night pings from teams in China, blame-shifting colleagues and ever-rising expectations, while hopes of an IPO or a share buyback ended in repeated disappointment.

ByteDanceSoftware EngineerPosted 3 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Left within 3 months
Time at the company: 3–5 years
Role: Software Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Location: SF Bay Area
Degree: Bachelor's
Experience before joining: 5–10 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: No
Clear path to grow: No
Hours a week: Over 80 hours
Last stock refresher: Under $10k
Who makes the decisions: Others
How colleagues work: Working themselves to exhaustion
Office politics: Some, but tolerable
Left the org in the last 6 months: 10–20%
Food: Free, barely edible

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ByteDance: time-zone overload and a blame-shifting, results-only culture

ByteDanceSoftware EngineerPosted 3 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Left within 3 months
Time at the company: 3–5 years
Role: Software Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Location: SF Bay Area
Degree: Bachelor's
Experience before joining: 5–10 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: No
Clear path to grow: No
Hours a week: Over 80 hours
Last stock refresher: Under $10k
Who makes the decisions: Others
How colleagues work: Working themselves to exhaustion
Office politics: Some, but tolerable
Left the org in the last 6 months: 10–20%
Food: Free, barely edible

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