Personio reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(440 total reviews)
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Hanno Renner

55% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Personio has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 440 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Personio employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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440 reviews
2.0
Nov 29, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is competitive Product market fit in some business sizes is really great Personio is a big name within the industry in Germany

Cons

Executive decision making is highly questionable. A lot of decisions simply done "on a spreadsheet" without understanding limitations and complexities on the bottom line. Sales Quotas that are above your teams' sum of quota, making it basically impossible to hit target. Overall sentiment within the sales organisation is really bad. No career development paths or opportunities for leaders, no internal applications on higher leadership positions possible, they prefer to hire externally for those.

1.0
Jan 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They pay slightly above market salaries, but due to salary freeze the rest of the market is quickly catching up

Cons

- Bad and toxic leadership - Culture of blame - They make colleagues compete against each other so there is no incentive to help anyone, every man for himself - The product is failing to get traction outside Germany, too much competition - Management operates from a perspective of distruct - Engineers are seen as dispensable resources - Top down culture and impossible to make a positive impact

1.0
May 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly and supportive colleagues. Option to work abroad for up to 3 months.

Cons

Terrible internal structure, inefficient tools, poor leadership. Not what you'd expect from a company selling HR solutions.

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