Avoid if you want to keep your hopes and dreams - Software Engineer Personio Employee Review

1.0
Mar 21, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- It is a company.

Cons

Never in my life I have seen something more chaotic and more toxic from the management. - No one will care about you, it's like every single manager has personified the corporate life and all they care about is being able to write down what they did last week so they can have a career. - The company only puts money into what they assume will bring them money in the future and nothing into actually properly maintaining the existing product, hence all the complaints from the users. - Ask anyone and they will tell you "Personio used to have a good culture". That should tell you something. - Constantly changing company direction. - They think hiring random silicon valley leadership, turning the company into next meta will bring success. The toxic American company culture is not going to work when you don't even pay 1/3 of the American salaries. - Words like "impact" and "fast development" don't mean anything when you don't care about your employees' well-being. - After the first minimal bump, don't be surprised if your manager tells you you should find another job sugarcoating it. - The leadership seems to have lost control of the company and a new twisted leadership is emerging. - Personio is at a turning point and it's not towards the better direction.

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Personio Response
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Hello, thank you for your detailed feedback. We’re sorry to hear that your experience hasn’t met expectations, as we strive to offer every employee a great people experience. We do care about our people’s wellbeing and want every Personio to thrive in their role. Though with the growth that we’ve experienced, you are right that it can come with some pitfalls and changes to our organisation. Which is why we are working to improve these areas and continue to uphold our values and operating principles across the board. We value feedback like yours and have already shared it with leadership and your People Partners. If you want to discuss your experience in more detail, please reach out to me at Cassandra.Hoermann@personio.de.

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