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 84 reviews)); "Great colleagues and an international and open minded environment" ((in 58 reviews)); "The people are great and passionate." ((in 51 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 36 reviews)); "The salary was good and they provided you the option to relocate somewhere where they have an office." ((in 35 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 30 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 are biased and talk badly about their own team members." ((in 18 reviews)); "The company has changed significantly after the last layoffs." ((in 15 reviews)); "Poor work life balance and lack of trust." ((in 7 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.

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Personio reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(443 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 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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Reviews by job title

443 reviews

2.0

Feb 7, 2023

Not the best

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Started of nicely, worked with interesting people and learned a lot

Cons

Not set up for success, almost no promotion paths and a lot of fake promises. No transparency

Personio Response

Hello, thank you for reaching out with this feedback! We're sorry to hear that your Personio experience didn't meet with expectations, as we aim to provide everyone with the best people experience. While we do have specific development paths in place and have recently updated our Performance Growth Cycle to ensure regular promotion, we take feedback like yours very seriously, so that we can continue to improve every day. If you would like to discuss your experience further, feel free to reach out to me at Cassandra.hoermann@personio.de.

2.0

Jan 30, 2023

Not my cup of tea

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Peers and colleagues are incredible, the recruitment team really aims to hire some of the most integral people out there

Cons

Management and sales targets are way off

Personio Response

Hello, thank you for reaching out with this feedback. We’re glad that you enjoyed working with your teammates, but we're sorry to hear that your Personio experience didn't meet expectations. We have made sure to pass this feedback onto our leadership to help inform their planning and decision-making so that we can continue to improve every day. If you wish to discuss further or provide more detailed feedback, feel free to reach out to me at Cassandra.hoermann@personio.de!

5.0

Jan 24, 2023

Great culture and great growth opportunity

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- diverse cultural context; - good compensation package; - interesting tech stack

Cons

- normal growth pains like constant reshuffling of teams; - tech debt cripples developer productivity

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