Keep an eye out for a mass exodus - Anonymous employee Personio Employee Review

1.0
Feb 23, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people in the Dublin office are great to work with, and there is a clear drive to do the right thing and grow.

Cons

Targets across all teams are unrealistic. The product is still developing items for the local market, but leads and customers have seen these promises get push back time and time again. The company is clearly in a panic, but rather than develop the product for the customer needs, the solution is to increase targets more and more. There are people who joined that are hard working and believe in the CEO and his vision, but unfortunately the technical execution is still stuck in Germany - not Europe.

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Personio Response
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Hello, thank you for reaching out with this feedback! We're sorry that your experience to this point has been less than positive. We have heard your feedback, and others, and leadership is using it to help inform their planning and decision-making moving forward. We do highly value our people and are working to create only the best people experience. Please feel free to reach out to me at Cassandra.hoermann@personio.de if you would like to discuss your feedback in more detail!

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Cons

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