Personio reviews

Typical scale up challenges. Shifting priorities and a lot to do! There are a lot of people at the company who haven’t worked anywhere else and it’s their first scale up environment, so reading some of the more recently reviews I get a sense some of the more longer term employees are struggling with the pace of change. ‘It’s not how it used to be’ etc etc. But that’s a natural part of any company growing up and we’re in it for the long-term so that’s necessary.

Management at this organization is seriously lacking. They seem completely disconnected from the day-to-day challenges of the team, leading to a lot of frustration on the ground. Leadership appears to be clueless about the direction in which the technology and market are headed. There's a visible gap between what is promised during meetings and what is implemented. The decision-making process is painfully slow. For a company that labels itself as a startup, it is surprisingly bureaucratic. Every small decision has to go through several layers of approval, which stifles innovation and makes the work environment quite rigid. The bureaucratic nature belies the 'startup' tag that the company boasts. This misalignment not only misleads new employees but also drastically affects the agility that is typically expected in a real startup environment.