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 80 reviews)); "Great colleagues and an international and open minded environment" ((in 62 reviews)); "The people are great and passionate." ((in 53 reviews)); "The salary was good and they provided you the option to relocate somewhere where they have an office." ((in 36 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 36 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Personio according to real employee reviews?

"Poor leadership." ((in 32 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 constantly traveling between countries contradicts the environmental consciousness in the company's PR posts." ((in 17 reviews)); "The company has changed significantly after the last layoffs." ((in 15 reviews)); "Communication can be increased here and there, but overall i'm totally happy" ((in 4 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).

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443 reviews

1.0

Sep 8, 2022

It was a crazy ride (and not the good type)

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are great. Really good technically and on a personal level. Great office

Cons

Since I joined, Personio was a mess. No strategy, no plans. Whatever we did seemed random. Since the beginning of 2022, Product Managers were and continue struggle, having break downs, lots of stress and a total lack of work-life balance. The company is going through replatforming and other very technical projects, which turns product managers into project managers of impossible projects. This will likely continue for months. Avoid joining the company. No matter how many Linkedin posts you see or how many good reviews you see - Personio continuously asks their employees to posts these - avoid the company for the next 12 months or so.

Personio Response

3y

Hello, thank you for reaching out with this feedback! It's valuable for us to hear and helps us take action to improve. We're glad you enjoy our spaces and your teammates but are sorry to hear the rest of your experience hasn't lived up to expectations. If you're open to it, please reach out to your team's People Partner – they are there specifically to support Personios at all levels with topics like this. Or, if you'd like to discuss your experience in more detail, I'd be happy to talk more with you about how we can make changes moving forward. Please feel free to email me at Cassandra.Hoermann@personio.de.

4.0

Aug 26, 2022

Recruitment Process

Frontend engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The team was very supportive and present throughout the entire process, with great communication on previous steps outcomes, and future interview expectations.

Cons

The entire process went on for about a month but I believe this helps both parties to get to know more about each other.

5.0

Aug 12, 2022

Great mid-size company to work remotely

Professional software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Nice salary in the top-level of the market. - Good engineering practices in place, always striving to improve. - Nice working environment for fully-remote people, never felt disjoined from the team.

Cons

Even though we're working on fixing it, there's still a fair bit of legacy code in place.

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