Looked good, but new management and U.S. focus is destroying it. - Engineering Manager Personio Employee Review

2.0
26 Jan 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay Smart staff and nice office to work in (can work remote too)

Cons

* Awful management, very U.S. focussed with little faith in Europe even though it's a German company. Start hiring only supposed experts from GAFAM and laid off excellent staff. * Slowly tuning into another U.S. culture fanboy company * Very bureaucratic, every decision seems to have 10 people from management with their fingers in the pie. * Terrible planning that changes every couple of months and is always a priority (on top of the priorities you already have]. * Meeting overload and a culture which is burnout central. A serious lack of concern from the management who will just say 'it's a fast paced environment', it's really a badly managed environment. * Some benefits advertised when you join are non-existant as they are limited in numbers (scooters) and they were even advertised to people being hired in other locations where they are not available at all.

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5.0
14 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
30 Oct 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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