Unethical business strategies, lack of HR resources, US offices are grossly unsupported - Anonymous employee ByteDance Employee Review

1.0
26 Feb 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent benefits (subject to change)

Cons

Problematic intellectual property strategies, new features are shuttered quickly and without explanation, muddled top-down communication

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