TikTok/ByteDance toxic culture

Hello everyone, this is a warning post to make you aware of the toxic culture that exists in ByteDance/TikTok. Our company is unquestionably on its way to becoming one of the worst places to work. The sad part is that every issue here could have been prevented, but the leadership simply fails. The spineless leadership here follows the lead of their puppet masters from HQ. And they suck our blood with no remorse. We have constantly complained about the terrible work-life balance, the company's anti-remote stance, and, in general, how unconcerned they have been about employee welfare. These, however, fall on deaf ears. We had an all-hands meeting a few weeks ago where we had this AMA session. As usual the most of the questions/concerns, were about burnouts, remote flexibility, and WLB. Our terrible HR leader dismissed these genuine concerns by telling us to stop complaining and start thinking of ourselves as lucky to be working for a company like ByteDance. It was just baffling. The leadership is completely unconcerned about employee welfare - they never listen to employee complaints, they are not remote friendly, they cater to a culture that creates constant stress and a horrible WLB, they never address employee burnouts, they are very control oriented and unempathetic towards the employees. Almost every employee is experiencing burnout. The way they run this company is by treating employees as disposable materials. To add insult to injury, they continue to make these reinforcement mistakes by rewarding employees who work on weekends and overtime. It is a vortex of management mistakes. Just wanted to warn you all. And if our leadership sees this post, don't try to get it censored; instead, try to change yourself and take care of the employees. From an Engineer, MTV, CA. #engineering #mentalhealth #wlb #culture #bytedance #tiktok #remotework #wfh