So happy I joined! - Anonymous employee TikTok Employee Review

5.0
30 Sept 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I have recently joined TikTok from a tech giant and I am very happy I did. - It is a fast growing company which bring amazing opportunities - Being part of the growth is exciting and means you take on more responsibility than you would in a larger company - TikTok is very open to feedback therefore any issues that do arise it is taken seriously and a way to fix the issue is very quickly addressed - Very flat structure so you have easy access to the leadership team

Cons

- It is still very much a start up environment therefore things can be chaotic but this gets less and less with every day I am here

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2.0
15 Jun 2026
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Pros

Pay is level with industry and actual work is somewhat interesting depending on the team you're on

Cons

In my experience, career growth can feel very limited if you are not part of the dominant internal language and cultural network. A significant amount of important context, communication, and decision-making happens in Chinese, which can make non-Chinese-speaking employees feel excluded from key conversations and promotion opportunities. The environment did not feel as inclusive as it should be for a global company. Advancement often felt less tied to performance and more tied to whether you were connected to the right groups or able to operate fluently within the Chinese-speaking side of the organization. Over time, it felt like non-Chinese-speaking employees had fewer long-term career paths and were at risk of being replaced by people who could better fit that internal operating model. Things also move very slowly because employees are often given access only to the bare minimum needed to do their jobs. There is a heavy push toward using AI tools, but in practice it can make it harder to get help from real people. Instead of getting quick support, you often have to spend time going through AI bots or internal tools before getting a useful answer.

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