Great school, great people! - Sales Development Representative (SDR) Personio Employee Review

5.0
Nov 3, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Personio is a great place to work. People are extremely friendly and helpful. The product is great and a lot of emphasis is put on innovation. It’s great to see how Hanno is passionate about it and believes in it, that’s really motivating! The company is horizontal and it’s easy to connect with people that have a higher job title and to learn from them. The expectations on the role are high and there can be periods of stress, however that’s typical in sales in every organization. I have been lucky to have a great manager when I started and that has helped a lot to get up to speed and learn a lot! Finally at Personio, you will make friends for life!

Cons

A dose of micromanagement, lack of flexibility (work from home policy)

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5.0
Oct 14, 2025
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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
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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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