Pretend to care about employees - but it's just pure profit. STAY AWAY. - Global Business Solutions TikTok Employee Review

1.0
9 Nov 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

umm... coool sweatshirts? great resume builder? Meal stipend in checks. That's about it.

Cons

Long, time-wasting internal meetings to hear leadership talk about how much they care about each and every employee, only to turn around and treat everyone the exact opposite. Where to even start? - Insanely long hours mainly due to extremely high sales goals, interrupted during the day by endless internal meetings, therefore requiring you to work late to get actual work down. - No real process or structure. It's all a facade. Millions of internal docs for everything, but when it comes down to following the steps, it doesn't mean anything. Every day is an endless stream of panic and doom while we try to put out fires because all of a sudden "the process changed", or "yes, it says that, but what it actually means is....", or "pre-approvals are required, except in the end they don't mean anything". - Referral bonuses are NOT paid out. They will string you along for months and months, passing you around from team to team, and you won't get what is due to you. But, miss a deadline for another stupid internal account plan, and they'll have your head. - Constantly talk of the importance of mental health, but won't thnk twice about why everyone is struggling and miserable. Extra sessions of Better Help don't matter if WE DON'T EVER HAVE TIME TO STEP AWAY FROM WORK I literally hopped on a Zoom call with a coworker first thing in the morning last week, and was met with this colleague in literal tears, sobbing that she just couldn't handle the stress anymore, and there was no point in escalating, since her leaders were also just as miserable.

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2.0
15 June 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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