Not worth it - Talent Aquisition TikTok Employee Review

2.0
Jul 28, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great to have on your CV

Cons

* No progression, lack of development * Appraisals are 360 reports but management in China will downgrade you having never met you (affecting your pay and bonus) * No visibility on Levels which effect your pay and is subjective to who interviews you (colleagues with 20 years experience are levelled the same as a recent Grad) *Silo'd teams as lack of org charts (honestly don't know what half the people do there) * Processes, so many processes - everything has to go through 10+ people, half of them don't know why or what the project is. When (not if!) it's paused/rejected you have to start all over again * Management in China make no effort to understand the other regions, they just want you to copy and paste how they work (996) * Retention is poor - someone is leaving every day and the average time at TikTok is 14-18 months * Forcing people back to the office 5 days a week (and promote they are hybrid) * THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT D&I Honestly I could go on, it's great to have on your CV but it's not worth it, all you get is the name.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
Anonymous intern
Recommend
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Pros

good experience. Everyone is nice.

Cons

Pretty good actually. During internship did nor find any negative issues.

2.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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