Great Start-Up culture - people-oriented & fast-paced - Anonymous employee Personio Employee Review

5.0
25 Sept 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- High level of transparency on company strategy and decisions through management and weekly All-Team-Meetings - Mission-based working; you know exactly what kind of impact your day to day work has on the success of the whole company - Working with highly motivated and skilled people - Great benefits like development budget, team trips to the Oktoberfest in Munich, flexible schedule & remote-working - The fast growth gives you a lot of opportunities to grow with the company and to take over extra responsibilities if you like to - Flat-Hierarchy - your title doesn’t really matter, it matters to get things done properly and how you contribute to the company’s success. Direct contact with founders

Cons

For people looking for a completely established set-up and who are not used to constant changes, the environment may demand a lot of flexibility. I do enjoy it though!

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5.0
14 Oct 2025
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Pros

My coworkers are wonderful, I feel energized coming to work everyday

Cons

The company has had a lot of churn at Director+ levels, not a clear vision across the company

1.0
30 Oct 2025
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Pros

Smart collaborative colleagues at the lower IC levels.

Cons

Personio is a dying company. The over-complexity of the company's technical systems is comical. Every attempt to simplify seems to lead to more complexity as things get half migrated and left to rot. Engineering leadership seems clueless and unable to present a clear plan-of-action to get things on track. Principal engineers force engineering time to be spent on silly projects that don't move the needle long-term. There is an overall aversion to taking the time to learn deeply about systems being used. Personio feels like a combination of all of the negatives of both a startup and a mature tech company, with none of the positives. The tech is half assed and duct taped together, but still somehow everything moves at a glacial pace. There is a mass shared delusion at the company that an IPO is in reach. No investor is going to buy this company's junk shares on the open market.

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