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      Negative - Growth Manager Personio Employee Review

      1.0
      14 Sept 2023
      Growth manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good perks and nice office

      Cons

      My experience with Personio was really negative: all the processes were extremely complicated (to do simples and basics tasks you had to waste hours of time since the technology in place was bad). The training is too long (3 months) and you don’t have actual time to start working, but the probation period is only 4 months - so they don’t give proper time to let people start and learn. Management was bad too unfortunately in my case (no experience in the field and not able to provide help or support). They don’t allow people being sick and recovering plus they are not transparent with the decisions, which it should be their core value.

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      Personio Response
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      Hello, thank you for your feedback, we appreciate that you took the time to share your feedback with us. We’re sorry to hear that your experience at Personio hasn’t been the best. We always want to provide everyone with an outstanding people experience, so we do take your input very seriously. We understand that a 3 month long onboarding process is quite extensive, but we want to be sure that all our Personios in customer-facing roles are well prepped and ready to feel confident in their position and provide our customers with a great experience. The other points you raised regarding lack of support and sick-leave are very concerning to us. We want every employee to feel supported and be able to get the help they need, and we also never want anyone to work or feel the pressure of needing to work, when they aren’t well. We’d really appreciate it if you would contact us and share more details on your experience, and we will look into this internally at the same time. You can reach out at glassdoor@personio.de. Thank you! Best regards, Marielle, Director Customer Success

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      5.0
      14 Oct 2025
      Senior software engineer
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

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

      Cons

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      1.0
      30 Oct 2025
      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Smart collaborative colleagues at the lower IC levels.

      Cons

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