You get what you give x2 - Marketing Specialist TikTok Employee Review

2.0
22 Jan 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have a great company culture. Everyone is pretty friendly. Its a big tech company. You have many benefits that keep you coming to the office, travelling for them (depending on your position), gym memberships, sports, team work, all the normal company stuff. Lunch is also great.

Cons

The promotion ethics are VERY TOXIC. They are also highly known to stress you the hell out! You will feel like taking sick leaves and holidays is normal, but the work will triple when you return! So be careful with that. It's a great facade - but it's also like a trap - once you get stuck in it, you almost feel like you have to sue to get out.

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2.0
15 June 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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