Very bad experience - Anonymous employee Personio Employee Review

1.0
May 27, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None that i can see

Cons

I have had very bad experience with this company, i don't see any vision the leadership nor they know what they are doing. Its a very small company with small goals as well.

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Personio Response
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Hello, thank you for reaching out! We’re sorry you didn’t enjoy your time with us, as we strive to provide only the best experience to our people. And you are right – we’re a company of only 1,500 people now but are growing quickly. In fact, we’re now the fastest growing HR tech company in Europe and are excited to see where this road takes us! If you’d like to have a conversation about ways we can improve our people experience, please reach out to me at Cassandra.Hoermann@personio.de.

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