Personio reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(442 total reviews)
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Hanno Renner

52% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Personio has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 442 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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442 reviews
1.0
Mar 12, 2023

Would not recommend at all

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary, pension scheme, health insurance

Cons

Micromanagement is a major problem that has been detrimental to morale and productivity. My manager is overly controlling and constantly looking over my shoulders. They created a toxic work environment where employees feel undervalued, demotivated, not empowered to contribute. Managers don't trust their employees and don't give them the autonomy to complete their tasks without unnecessary interference. Additionally, the lack of clear goals, strategies, and expectations has been confusing and frustrating. Without a clear direction it is difficult to understand what is expected of you and how you can contribute to the company's success. In my case, this led to a lack of motivation and engagement, as I felt unsure about how my work fits into the bigger picture. Even when I asked my manager the response was vague and not helpful at all. The great leaders framework that is always mentioned here in the comments is not preventing leadership to misbehave and they are definitely not leading by examples. Finally, the responsibilities of different teams were not clearly defined, which led to a lot of confusion and frustration when working on cross-functional projects. Overall, I would not recommend Personio to anyone looking for a structured and supportive environment that values clear communication, defined goals, measurable success, and growth. Believe me, this is a feeling shared in all departments.

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Personio Response
3y
Hello, thank you for taking the time to reach out to us with your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that you haven’t had a good experience with Personio, especially as we always strive to provide only the best people experience. We understand that in our constantly evolving tech environment, requirements and goals tend to change more frequently, which unfortunately comes with some side effects like those you mentioned. Nonetheless, we want to ensure that you’re able to be successful in your role. Your team’s People Partner is there to support you with the challenges you’ve outlined, and can help facilitate conversations with your leader to improve your experience. Please feel free to reach out to them, or to me directly to discuss more at at cassandra.hoermann@personio.de. We take the points you mentioned seriously and will communicate them to leadership and people partners, to use them as grounds to continue to improve.
1.0
Mar 11, 2023

Organisational Chaos

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits. Nice colleagues who are keen to help out.

Cons

Very weak leadership. They take decisions affecting employees without measuring their impact and don't dare to communicate them in a personal way (a mere slack message in a channel you will likely miss). Vision. Nobody seems to know what they are doing: managers, their managers and product seem clueless and barely nobody takes decisions. Again, probably related to the weak leadership. Never-ending amount of meetings where nothing is decided and take enormous amounts of time of people to do their actual work, which forces some to work extra hours and creates conflicts as others don't (and they shouldn't by the way).

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Personio Response
3y
Hi, thank you for reaching out with your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that your experience hasn’t been entirely positive. As we want to make sure we’re able to provide a great people experience to all of our employees, we take your points seriously and have already communicated them to leadership and people partners. Please do reach out to your team’s People Partner, as they are there to help support you with these challenges and scenarios. Or, if you would like to share more details or discuss your feedback further, please feel free to reach out to me at cassandra.hoermann@personio.de
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