Tread Lightly - Anonymous employee TikTok Employee Review

2.0
Apr 30, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Above Market Pay across departments but must negotiate aggressively in the beginning. Note some departments are more prized than others especially those that drive revenue (user growth, creative, partnership, monetization and not a "cost center" (finance, procurement, legal, or admin) to the company. Who you report to will be your life at Tiktok. When you interview, get a good sense of whether you want to report up to your manager. The saying is true: people don't leave jobs, they leave bad bosses. Tiktok as a tech company has tremendous potential with proper organization and structure it can become the top tech company it aspires to be.

Cons

Structural disorganization, inappropriate and unmarketable titles/job roles (what is PMO), lack of clarity and enforced ambiguity, transferring of responsibilities until next crop of unassuming newbies come along, HRBP very shifty, Chinese monitoring of all activities on proprietary platform, departmental misalignment, and unqualified upper management.

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Pros

Experience working in a fast-paced environment

Cons

Negative company culture, mandatory RTO 5 days a week, no flexibility. People get burned out fast and leave fast. Evaluations are always negative and based on biased comments from colleagues, not on actual constructive feedback. No work-life balance.

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