What is it like working at ByteDance, the parent company of Douyin?

"If you persist for one day, you will quit tomorrow"; "Impersonal", "There is no teamwork, it is a mess."; "One day bytes, one year on the ground."

The above is what I often said to Ye Zi when I first came to ByteDance and was still working late at night every night. Now that 220 "years" have passed, Byte and I have accepted each other and become a somersault in each other's life, helping him to reach the next level. I have to say, it's really delicious.

In addition to friends and colleagues in the Internet circle often mentioning the brand "ByteDance", everyone is actually more familiar with its major events and top names. Major events such as this time during the epidemic He donated 200 million yuan (far more than that. Recently, CEO Yiming called on employees to donate voluntarily, and everyone donated another 10 million yuan in two days). During the New Year, he bought the Internet exclusive broadcast copyright of "囧Mom" for 630 million yuan, and also There were previous acquisitions of Interactive Encyclopedia and Smartisan Technology.

The process of byte globalization

Top brands such as Douyin with 400 million DAU, Feishu, Toutiao, Huoshan, Xigua Video, Pipixia, Qingyan, Jimeng Camera, Kuaishou...I'm sorry I'm too fast, Kuaishou is a friend.

Friendly merchants occupy the offline market to a certain extent. Middle-aged and young people like my mother are used to letting themselves go on Kuaishou. Even after I came to Byte, I didn’t make her an advantage. She fell into the trap of Douyin because she said she couldn't keep up with the dance rhythm of the young ladies on Douyin and it was uncomfortable to twist her waist.

Although my mom who can’t keep up with the rhythm doesn’t care about Douyin, she does care about my treatment in this company. I told her that the company treated me very well and always treated me as a human being. Mom said, nonsense, I don’t treat you as a human being, why should I treat you like a CEO? Let me tell you, Byte's benefits may be worthy of the president's office in other companies:

The salary is leading in the industry, and you are equipped with a Mac or Windows high-end optional, and even a wireless mouse. Comes standard with logitech. No clocking in and out, full coverage of six insurances and one housing fund, and a monthly rental subsidy of RMB 1,000. 7 days of annual leave throughout the year, 4 days of fully paid sick leave, 1 day of moving leave, etc. The shuttle bus runs every 15 minutes, with non-stop coverage for 12 hours. Overtime taxis are free after 22:00. Travel around the world can be done at any time, without complicated procedures, and the subsidies are touching.

Unlimited supply of daily snacks and freshly ground coffee, two Western-style afternoon teas per day, free three-meal buffet, more than a dozen dishes for each meal, including chicken, pig, beef, sheep, fish and seafood, yogurt and fruits Fitness meals, peanut drinks and mineral water.

Canteen evaluation video of Internet celebrity Big Eater

In Beijing, where land resources are scarce, Byte has dozens of offices and many single-family buildings, standing firm among the competition. Haidian, for example, takes the zx building where I am located as an example. There are men's and women's lounges on the separate floors, equipped with first-class lounge chairs; there are two floors of canteens in the building, and a gym on the first floor, which can provide almost 24-hour fitness and bathing, and other facilities such as table tennis. Billiards, yoga and massage personal trainers are also available.

The daily office transmission network speed can reach 30M/S. With this speed and the resulting operating efficiency, I wonder which other Internet company can maintain this speed with tens of thousands of employees 24 hours a day? Output hard resistance?

The above conversation between me and my mother is all made up by me, but there are too many friends asking me how it feels to work at Byte, so I want to take this opportunity to say that the above benefits are real. Really, there are some benefits that I can’t even use and can’t even remember. (This is my personal experience in the Beijing zx workplace. It only represents myself, not the company, nor does it represent that others or other byte brother companies or cross-departments enjoy the same benefits. I have the final right of interpretation. I must be strict when I speak now, otherwise It’s easy to be pressed. )

But welfare is just culture and a means of talent selection and retention. We still have to return to the work itself to experience a company. There was a popular article that was widely circulated on the Internet before, "A Picture Comparison: The Differences Between Working at Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance." I would like to share with you some of the points that I feel the most about.

(Explained from top to bottom)

ByteDance is the king in the content field. The company was established in 2012. In the past 7 years, the business has grown wildly, and the number of employees has grown to 50,000. With a scale of 100 billion, the average age of employees is post-90s. The company structure adopts a flat middle-end management mechanism, without mentioning titles and downplaying levels. Employees directly call each other "X" and the CEO is also called his real name. The corporate culture emphasizes the byte style and the pragmatic romanticism of geeks. .

There is no KPI, only OKR talks about human efficiency (human efficiency can be understood as ROI, input-output ratio). To promote work, we build groups through flying books, and whoever can do it will get the job. There is no distinction between JD (Job Responsibilities). Everyone is a link in the entire project chain, and the closed loop becomes a ball to roll the project. 360 performance evaluations are conducted twice a year, and the evaluation results are used for relevant reference such as year-end bonuses and promotions. Based on the performance evaluation results, the year-end bonus ranges from 0 to 100 months with no limit.

The Responsibilities of Byte Volunteers During the Epidemic

In order to explain that this article is not a PR draft, I have to be moderately black and talk about some aspects of the company that I personally do not appreciate. For example, during the dividend period when business is growing at a high speed, there is an excessive pursuit of ROI and human efficiency instead of prioritizing teamwork. Therefore, many times, people are assigned to do specialized tasks and do what they are best at, which is ignored.

Due to the excessive pursuit of ROI, communication between people is only dependent on the work being carried out. The lack of human relationships and lack of sense of belonging and security are also disadvantages.

The executive level and the strategic level are confused with each other. Although there is no office politics and no bureaucracy is formed, although the whole thing looks orderly, if you dig deeper, it will be a mess and lack of cohesion, which is not conducive to organization or A person's deep growth, once the bonus period is over, sustainable development strategy and management become the biggest problem.

The above is my personal experience of working at ByteDance. No one is forcing me, and I don’t have to blink secretly. It is relatively subjective and cannot be used as a reference for job hunting.

Share two little legends of the world.

In the early days of ByteDance, we went up and downstairs with 36 Krypton. 36 Krypton was all handsome guys and beauties, but Byte’s geek culture programmers wore big slippers to get off work, and 36 Krypton was said to be a rural company. Now this rural company has become a global Internet startup unicorn, and Douyin has become the spokesperson for fashionable life.

When the Douyin short video project team was first established, there were only three or five people, and the team only had a budget of 100,000 yuan allocated. Until today, it has completed 400 million daily active users.

In short, this is a company that has participated in and witnessed the development and changes of the Internet. It is a company worthy of growing together with it. You can scold it and its products, but you will definitely remember it. his name.

ByteDance, although I don’t know how long I can accompany you, I am proud of you every day.

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