Personio reviews

Hello, Thank you for your review. I appreciate your candid feedback and take your concerns about cultural change, transparency, and how promotions are handled very seriously. Promotion evaluations are a vital part of the company’s Performance Growth Cycle. In Product & Technology, we recently rolled out clear and transparent expectations by level for each function within the organization (engineering, product management, product design, research, etc). These are easily accessible in our internal systems and by now, we have held multiple enablement sessions. If you haven’t seen and internalized these yet for some reason, please reach out to me or your HR partner and we will be happy to spend time with you on our expectations framework. As I referenced above, our performance evaluations are based on clear and transparent performance expectations at each level that incorporate both your what (the results) and the how (how you achieve results). All promotion decisions are calibrated fairly and equitably based on a specific, and again transparent, set of criteria that consider level of impact and responsibility over a sustained period of time, typically a year or more. We value the impact of all our employees, whether they are new joiners or have been with us for a longer time. It often takes time to demonstrate and ship significant impact. Our most recent cohort of promotions included individuals who had an average tenure of 1.8 years with some receiving their second promotion since being with us. Transparency is an important part of how we run Personio. As Personio continues to grow, we've received feedback that pushing all communications to everyone creates noise and information overload that isn't scalable. So, we've adopted a balanced approach. Information that is relevant to everyone will be communicated in mass forums to ensure all our push communication remains relevant for all employees. Whereas information that is for a specific audience is now shared in targeted spaces, while remaining accessible to anyone interested in finding and consuming it. Matters involving specific individuals will be handled sensitively and confidentially to honor their privacy. I know change can be challenging, especially in a fast-growing organization, and I’m keen to continuously improve our communication so that everyone feels informed and supported. Your feedback is valuable as we scale, and we welcome further insights on how we can better enable our employees to succeed. If you're open to a confidential conversation, please reach out to me on Slack or contact any trusted member of the People team or your lead. We're here to listen and work together to address your concerns. Thank you for being a part of the Personio team. Best wishes, Maria Angelidou-Smith, Chief Product and Technology Officer