Does Personio pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Personio employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Personio. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Personio?

48% of Personio employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Personio 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Personio?

Sales Development Representative (SDR) (46) , Account Executive (31) , Senior Software Engineer (31) , 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 84 reviews)); "Great colleagues and an international and open minded environment" ((in 58 reviews)); "The people are great and passionate." ((in 51 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 36 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?

"middle management struggles with effectiveness, and senior leadership faces difficulties in articulating a clear and inspiring vision." ((in 30 reviews)); "I want to highlight again the words: poor management, they are driving the company out of business step by step." ((in 25 reviews)); "Managers are biased and talk badly about their own team members." ((in 18 reviews)); "The company has changed significantly after the last layoffs." ((in 15 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.

Personio reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(443 total reviews)

Hanno Renner

52% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

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Personio has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 443 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).

Reviews by job title

443 reviews

5.0

Feb 28, 2020

Great professionals and atmosphere

Implementation manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Outstanding onboarding process and welcome - Fast learnings of the software and HR processes - Highly organised teams, with procceses documented and tools needed to boost your performance. Still flexible to take fast decisions and being agile - Good communication between departments, such as Implementation with Sales team or service team - Majority of customers are extremely greatful for the implementation process and support provided. It is nice to empower them becoming more efficient - Learn from different companies organisations and HR processes - Grow with the growth of the company + responsibilities - Low hierarchy, listen to your peers and one team sentiment. Best atmosphere I have seen (worked for multinationals and other startups) - Ambitious project with extraordinary potential

Cons

- If look for a relax job might not be for you. As any fast growing startup, intense hard work and dynamic

5.0

Jul 20, 2023

About to complete 4yrs and still enjoying the ride

Senior partner manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Transparency from founders and exec team, sharing the lows and the highs weekly. Every colleague is approachable, no matter the title. - An incredibly talented team that aims to support each other sincerely - A learning opportunity to see how a well-functioning SaaS business operates from a startup phase to maturing into a leading tech company globally. - Perks are generous, ranging from meal and transport allowance, development budget and access to the Udemy learning platform, all company events in Munich for three days, and many more.

Cons

- Being part of a hyper-growth company means you must consistently deliver strong results, and this expectation might lead to stressful phases if not managed right. - Quality of some management could be better regarding coaching and inspiring. The good point is that these receive upward feedback reviewed by their managers. - Some colleagues with no previous work experience or coming from big-name companies negatively influence in some cases other colleagues with an approach that "the company must satisfy all my desires, and if not I complain badly and loud". This led to the misunderstanding of expectations on what work should be, and I saw cases where negative toxic ones dragged down motivated colleagues.

2.0

Feb 7, 2023

Not the best

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Started of nicely, worked with interesting people and learned a lot

Cons

Not set up for success, almost no promotion paths and a lot of fake promises. No transparency

Personio Response

3y

Hello, thank you for reaching out with this feedback! We're sorry to hear that your Personio experience didn't meet with expectations, as we aim to provide everyone with the best people experience. While we do have specific development paths in place and have recently updated our Performance Growth Cycle to ensure regular promotion, we take feedback like yours very seriously, so that we can continue to improve every day. If you would like to discuss your experience further, feel free to reach out to me at Cassandra.hoermann@personio.de.

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