Forced Positive Reviews - Senior Software Engineer Personio Employee Review

1.0
Jul 23, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Yeah how about no .

Cons

I beg anyone who is thinking of going to this company to stop. I know it may be hard to find a job, but unless you are in a very critical situation, go for that other company. Forcing older employees or altogether fake reviews to boost up the company score? That's how low it gets. - No one and I mean no one will care about you in Personio. - All people care about is seeming like they are doing something, so they get a promotion or something, no one really cares about actually doing things. - You have a huge problem in your team? Someone's acting completely out of control and is not abiding by the company policies? Expect nothing to be done and you to be expected to "deal with things". - If you are very lucky you'll get a good team where your teammates are supportive and nice, will anyone from the management actually help you to enable a better product development? No, not at all.

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5.0
Oct 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Oct 30, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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