Poor management and unreasonable hours - Quality Manager TikTok Employee Review

1.0
Mar 22, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They provide an excellent workplace and unlimited food in the name of perks, so you won't step out of the office once you enter. They pay well and move the recruitment process pretty fast, and they are even willing to sponsor the right candidates.

Cons

Insane hours in which, due to a legal stipulation in the offer letter, they do not follow the country in which you stay or serve; instead, they use their internal terms. In the name of flexibility, they expect you to get up at China time to attend the line manager's hectic schedule at 3 or 4 a.m. in the UK. Work from home even when there is no weather or contingency in the UK; they still expect you to run to the office. Genderism, bias, micromanagement, and poor management were all present. You must have a robot that can defeat another robot and be emotionless in their choice of words and how they operate beyond global culture, but they want to be the big giant to compete with social media.

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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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