Personio is a stereotypical US company now - Senior Engineering Manager Personio Employee Review

2.0
Apr 4, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great colleagues, very flexible hybrid working and a great office.

Cons

Recently a senior leader from a large US Tech Company joined and the company is having a cultural crisis. There is a lot of forcing of US ways of doing things, and many new senior hires all from the same company. All of a sudden Personio is very corporate and we are now just numbers in a spreadsheet rather than the people who built Personio. Lots of people have simply disappeared without any notice, or any communication around why they left. Some of these people are literally the founding members of the company, and when they reach out to the Founders to talk are just ignored. It feels like we are in a process of cleaning out all of the old people to make room for the new. I don’t recommend joining Personio in the next 6 to 12 months. Wait and see if things calm down and the good culture returns.

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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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