Does Personio pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Personio employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Personio. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Personio?

50% of Personio employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Personio 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Personio?

Sales Development Representative (SDR) (46) , Account Executive (31) , Senior Software Engineer (30) , Software Engineer (26) , Product Designer (11) , Working Student (11) , Sales (9) , Sales Development Representative (9) , Customer Growth Manager (8) , Intern (8) , Product Manager (8) , Customer Success Manager (7) , Implementation Manager (7) , Engineering Manager (6) , Backend Engineer (5)

What are the pros of working at Personio according to real employee reviews?

"Culture has been great 5 years ago and Personio managed to keep it up although hyper growth which I am very impressed of." ((in 78 reviews)); "Great colleagues and an international and open minded environment" ((in 59 reviews)); "The people are great and passionate." ((in 51 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 39 reviews)); "The salary was good and they provided you the option to relocate somewhere where they have an office." ((in 35 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Personio according to real employee reviews?

"Bad and toxic leadership" ((in 28 reviews)); "I want to highlight again the words: poor management, they are driving the company out of business step by step." ((in 23 reviews)); "Engineers are burned out, managers are anxious and depressed, people are forced to do menial tasks, and career progression attempts are shot down perpetually." ((in 20 reviews)); "The company has changed significantly after the last layoffs." ((in 16 reviews)); "Poor work life balance and lack of trust." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Personio layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Personio layoffs and their outlook for job security at Personio in 2026.

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Personio reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(439 total reviews)

Hanno Renner

55% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.2

Culture & values

2.9

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Personio has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 439 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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Reviews by job title

439 reviews

2.0

Dec 22, 2025

It's good until it isn't.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Competitive salaries (although they froze pay rises) - Decent benefits (but reducing every year) - Most colleagues are wonderful

Cons

- Company culture has completely changed - Office presence mandated with wi-fi checks to ensure compliance - Frequent layoffs, over 10% of the company let go 3 times in 18 months - Morale is extremely low, people are terrified of losing their jobs - Career progression almost impossible unless you know the right people - Bad performance in the market, product has no unique differentiator - C Suite changes their mind every month or so

4.0

Dec 15, 2025

Good Place to work

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

really nice colleagues, fair pay, options to change within the company

Cons

unclear vision, lots of changes

3.0

Dec 12, 2025

Decent but not fantastic

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Good compensation * Working with some amazing colleagues * Good work/life balance * Plenty to learn * Some fully-remote roles, otherwise hybrid 2-3 days/week (depends on department) * People are helpful and friendly

Cons

* Performance Review process (PGC) is poor. Time-consuming for ICs, even more so for management, and feels like there is a quota for "below expectations" reviews. * RTO for office-based roles was poorly handled and communicated, and has seriously damaged morale. * Focus is primarily on delivery, quality is an afterthought * Mandatory AI usage * Incidents weekly, management cannot understand that shipping features as fast as possible is a major contributor. * Major layoffs 2024 and 2025, will 2026 be different? * No merit-based pay raises in 2025, plus other benefits being cut * Hiring is semi-frozen, expected to do more with less * Rotating cast of managers - some people have had 5 or more managers in the space of a couple of years.

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