Great company, great people, great potential - Senior Product Manager Personio Employee Review

5.0
Jan 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Personio is on a massive trajectory - and managed to keep everyone engaged & excited about it! Hanno, the CEO & co-founder, is open & honest while being ambitious - a rare mix imo. He's also hiring executives from top-level companies (= outside of Germany / Europe) to bring in people who've "done it successfully already". Personio is paying well with lots of benefits. Colleagues are great, mix is shifting a bit to more experienced people (which is good & was necessary). Product, Engineering & Design really have a seat at the table - which again is rare for European companies.

Cons

Hope there was some learning around not-ideal communication by C-level back in Q4. Still quite a few junior colleagues who are leaning how to work effectively & efficiently - but it makes for a good mix.

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5.0
Oct 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
Oct 30, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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