{"id":3932,"date":"2025-08-02T10:41:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/bytedance-finds-median-service-length-of-employees-at-about-3-years\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T10:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:41:58","slug":"bytedance-finds-median-service-length-of-employees-at-about-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/bytedance-finds-median-service-length-of-employees-at-about-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"ByteDance finds median service length of employees at about 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"10.911646586345\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Social media<\/span> giant <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">ByteDance<\/span>, owner of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">TikTok<\/span> and its Chinese sibling <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Douyin<\/span>, says the median service length of existing employees was 2.9 years, while their average tenure was three years, the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Beijing<\/span>-based company disclosed at an internal meeting.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-y2bwcc e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"12.375\">According to two sources briefed on Thursday&rsquo;s town hall meeting that was led by co-founder, chairman and CEO <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Liang Rubo<\/span>, about half of the firm&rsquo;s 120,000 employees have spent more than three years there.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The median service length of former employees was estimated at 2.6 years, while their average tenure was 2.5 years, the sources said.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"14.953177257525\">The median tenure figures, if confirmed, would show that ByteDance was an attractive employer in mainland <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">China&rsquo;s technology<\/span> industry, where the turnover rate remained high because of the sector&rsquo;s infamous <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">996 work culture<\/span> &ndash; 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for some Chinese tech workers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e1hpd36k1 css-79hwxn e1x11wau0\" data-qa=\"SCMPYouTubeVideoFooter-VideoTitleContainer\" readability=\"7\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"25\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 25\" fill=\"none\" data-qa=\"SCMPYouTubeVideoFooter-StyledVideoRecorder\" class=\"css-1nnwg93 e1x11wau1\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M22 6.22926V18.4315L17.5463 13.9868V17.8655C17.5463 18.1618 17.4383 18.4248 17.2228 18.6531C17.0067 18.8829 16.7498 18.9967 16.4537 18.9967H3.13414C2.80989 18.9967 2.53968 18.8829 2.32425 18.6531C2.10808 18.4248 2 18.1618 2 17.8655V6.79519C2 6.49893 2.10808 6.23665 2.32425 6.00688C2.53968 5.77858 2.80989 5.66333 3.13414 5.66333H16.4537C16.7498 5.66333 17.0067 5.77858 17.2228 6.00688C17.4383 6.23665 17.5463 6.49893 17.5463 6.79519V10.674L22 6.22926Z\" fill=\"#001246\"><\/path><\/svg>\n<p>Why turning 35 feels like a career &lsquo;death sentence&rsquo; for some Chinese tech workers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">ByteDance&rsquo;s decision to reveal the numbers for median service length and average tenure to its employees followed online speculation that the company had mostly retained staff for an average of about seven months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><sub>ByteDance finds median service length of employees at about 3 years<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media giant ByteDance, owner of TikTok and its Chinese sibling Douyin, says the median service length of existing employees was 2.9 years, while their average tenure was three years, the Beijing-based company disclosed at an internal meeting. 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