ByteDance

ByteDance Employee Review

Fast learning opportunity and Terrible WLB

Software Engineer (Current Employee) - Singapore - March 6, 2022

The Good+ Learning opportunities+ Huge scope and access to important work regardless of level. You get full ownership of what you work on.+ All new technologies and tools, rare to see legacy systems.The Bad and the ugly- Stressful, heavy workload, and highly performance-driven. Basically, forget about WLB, your work is your life.- Lack of long-term planning. Expect to see short-sighted and quick-win focused decision making, which leads to often change of directions, scopes, or even re-orgs. Basically, management lacks experience and vision.- No clear career growth opportunity, you are expected to work on your own growth (by doing work)- Lack of proper engineering practices and processes. Speed of delivery is everything, which leads to doo-doo mountain codebases that no one dares to touch, often broken systems, heavy on-call duties.

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1.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance

3.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits

3.0 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement

2.0 out of 5 stars for Management

2.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

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