An enterprise code-shop - Senior Software Engineer Personio Employee Review

2.0
Jan 25, 2024
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Pros

Used to work with amazing and passionate colleagues everyday.

Cons

The new senior managers that were bought in, the CEO decided to change course, kicked the CPO and CTO co-founders away and replaced them with a whole layer FAANG topped by a CPTO. This management layer never cared about existing culture or way of doing things, and takes decisions on the backroom without any justifications, always presenting them as the good of the company. Hiring focus is now the US to bring more expertise to the workforce, Only Staff+ (L6+) levels are being hired, forget about applying if you resume doesn't have Staff or FAANG. You are also expected to follow the hierarchy and not raise waves. This is now a code shop and that's it. Innovation and fun are dead.

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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
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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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