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 (30) , 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 85 reviews)); "Great colleagues and an international and open minded environment" ((in 52 reviews)); "The people are great and passionate." ((in 50 reviews)); "The salary was good and they provided you the option to relocate somewhere where they have an office." ((in 39 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 33 reviews))

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

"middle management struggles with effectiveness, and senior leadership faces difficulties in articulating a clear and inspiring vision." ((in 32 reviews)); "I want to highlight again the words: poor management, they are driving the company out of business step by step." ((in 26 reviews)); "Managers constantly traveling between countries contradicts the environmental consciousness in the company's PR posts." ((in 16 reviews)); "The company has changed significantly after the last layoffs." ((in 13 reviews)); "No job security, Horrible treatment from upper management, CEO that has no idea what he is doing, Little to no merit based pay increases and promotions almost impossible to get" ((in 3 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

(442 total reviews)

Hanno Renner

52% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.1

Culture & values

2.8

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

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

5.0

Sep 26, 2020

Dynamic startup

Site reliability engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Overall it's a pretty good company to work for. I've been working full time for about 8 months now, the company is evolving fast and has a lot of ambition. As an engineer, I got the opportunity to work with knowledgable people on technical challenges. There is still a lot to build so the work is exciting and rewarding. As a person, this is the first time that I work in a company with such a strong culture. Took me about 3 months to get used to it, but I truly believe that the company cares about the employees as they push for self-improvement.

Cons

The strong culture is sometimes a bit too much. I'm not really a fan of all the hashtags and the praise. But once you pass that superficial impression, you find genuine people that are doing their best to move the company forward. As it's still a startup, salaries are a bit below the rest of the market but compensate with great perks (such as electric scooter)

4.0

Sep 24, 2020

A company to make a big impact

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

As a highlight of my current experience, I would say that since the company is quite young and still developing in different aspects, proactivity in terms of proposing initiatives is very welcome. Other pros would be: - Young environment. - Direct impact on the product - Opportunities to grow in your career path. - Transparent communication. - Good work tools. - Good work-life balance. - Modern office in a central location. - Company events. - Good benefits.

Cons

We have a development budget plus a full day to use it for any work-related training, conferences or books, but it would be nice to have more onsite tech training.

4.0

Sep 15, 2020

All in All Pretty Good Company To Work For

Backend engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

All-in-all Personio is a great company to work for, they try to keep their employees happy. The atmosphere is great it is generally really welcoming to different cultures, the people are the best part of Personio and they know that and it's a totally awesome way of growing a strong work ambience. There are really amazing people working here and really outstanding things to learn from all sides, from people in Sales to Engineering to Marketing, truly Personio has garnered some amazing talent. The benefits are great, there are tons of things Personio likes to do together, such as hosting music and beer on Fridays or company trips and the like they're all great to have. There is also a large amount of transparency as to how the company is trying to get better and wants to receive tips on how to get better.

Cons

Normal start-up culture cons, Missing procedures for career growth Office space is not sufficient, though with COVID this is not an issue at the moment Somehow, coated and rosy language around progression and your faults something you would more expect around a big coorporation, hard to get feedback and an emphasis on the negatives is never explicit but for sure is focused on. As well as upper tiers of management, not so much day-to-day management, could do with accepting public criticism better instead of returning with dismissal or retribution.

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