Sure makes you question everything - including yourself. - Anonymous employee Personio Employee Review

1.0
8 Oct 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is good. Most people are very friendly.

Cons

Outdated, very limitedm or no documented processes - you can tell it was a startup and there haven't been any scalable processes in place so far. "Just ask" - you will get as many (wildly different) answers to the same question as the amount of people you asked - but don't worry, you can show ownership by choosing one and hoping it'll be okay. Management isn't clear or transparent, support is offered yet rarely given. "Let me get back to you" is what you'll hear no matter how urgent the topic. You'll have to do your best (and prove it) even when the hoops you're jumping through are constantly moving, some are taken away and some are added. Sure keeps you nimble. Unpaid over time, constant dismissal of concerns & ideas, uneven workload.

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5.0
14 Oct 2025
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Pros

My coworkers are wonderful, I feel energized coming to work everyday

Cons

The company has had a lot of churn at Director+ levels, not a clear vision across the company

1.0
30 Oct 2025
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Pros

Smart collaborative colleagues at the lower IC levels.

Cons

Personio is a dying company. The over-complexity of the company's technical systems is comical. Every attempt to simplify seems to lead to more complexity as things get half migrated and left to rot. Engineering leadership seems clueless and unable to present a clear plan-of-action to get things on track. Principal engineers force engineering time to be spent on silly projects that don't move the needle long-term. There is an overall aversion to taking the time to learn deeply about systems being used. Personio feels like a combination of all of the negatives of both a startup and a mature tech company, with none of the positives. The tech is half assed and duct taped together, but still somehow everything moves at a glacial pace. There is a mass shared delusion at the company that an IPO is in reach. No investor is going to buy this company's junk shares on the open market.

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