Avoid at all cost unless you want to be overworked, overutilised, and have your mental health plunge - Anonymous employee TikTok Employee Review

1.0
15 Nov 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The only saving grace is my teammates. That's it.

Cons

This is the worst place I've ever worked for. I have a laundry list of downsides but let's just go with the most detrimental ones: 1. Claims to be a global company but at its core still pans to China. Processes are outdated, internal tools are broken, poorly designed with metrics that don't make sense. 2. Overworked? More like beyond redemption. If you're a single contributor, expect to be flanked by all sides and don't expect help because you're meant to "have it all together" despite the poor onboarding process and lack of guidance and support from the management team. 3. Bosses and management. Yes men everywhere. Work is often passed down and requested by top management just because. Literally. Sometimes its based on a hunch? Where's the data? The rationale?

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2.0
15 Jun 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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