Personio Reviews & Product Details

I like that personio presents a single source of truth for the HR system, it also provides a decent UI that helps find all the data that I need as an employee. Finally, I appreciate the simple fact that it "just works", it doesnt need too much finnicking, and whenever I need something I am able to just find it and use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dont have anything specific which I dislike, I find the only thing preventing me from rating it less is the lack of a "wow" factor, it works and thats personally enough for me, but it didn't really shock me. Onboarding generally was fine, I am unsure if some other integrations could improve it, but all-in-all, it just works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I particularly like about Personio is its simple and clear operation. Vacation, illness, and other absences can be recorded quickly and easily. The time tracking is also practical, as the recorded times are directly adopted, and you don't have to wait for approval or verification by others. I also find the team calendar very helpful, as you can directly see when colleagues are present or absent. Additionally, it's convenient to upload documents and centrally manage important information. Overall, Personio simplifies many everyday processes and provides a good overview. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For employees with irregular working hours, such as our tent camp setup and takedown crew, time tracking can be somewhat cumbersome. Since working hours are often initially noted on paper and only later entered into Personio, additional coordination effort may arise. If times are not correctly recorded in the system, our HR managers have to check and possibly initiate an update. A simpler and more flexible solution for field employees would be desirable to reduce the effort for all involved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User-friendly interface, easy to handle, reporting, coverage of nearly the entire employee life cycle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In our view, Personio is geared more toward standard companies and unfortunately accommodates only a few individual requirements. For example, in compensation, it lacks options such as increasing base salary and bonus by a percentage within a compensation round. In payroll, too, I feel that support for specific benefits and payroll components is limited. I also find the frequent changes in Customer Success Managers disruptive: we get a new contact person at least twice a year, and each time we essentially have to start onboarding them all over again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I particularly like about Personio is that all HR processes can be managed centrally, clearly, and digitally in one place. The modern and user-friendly interface allows for quick orientation, enabling efficient work even with diverse tasks. Particularly valuable are the easy management of employee data and documents, as well as the ability to seamlessly map processes such as onboarding, offboarding, absence management, and digital signatures.

Through the digitization and automation of many HR processes, significant time savings can be achieved, and administrative tasks can be made significantly more efficient. At the same time, Personio ensures more transparency, structured documentation, and quick access to all relevant information. Collaboration within the HR team is noticeably facilitated, and processes can be implemented uniformly and professionally. Overall, Personio is a great support for us in daily personnel management and contributes significantly to efficient and modern HR workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Personio is a powerful and modern HR solution that centralizes numerous processes and significantly simplifies everyday work. The platform offers many functions and possibilities for the individual design of HR processes. Although the introduction requires a short familiarization period, it quickly pays off through more efficient workflows and high transparency. Particularly noteworthy are the user-friendliness, the continuous development of the software, and the multitude of functions that sustainably support HR processes. Minor optimization potentials in the flexibility of individual settings are negligible compared to the system's great added value. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best part is the recruiting. It helps us get an overview of our applications and distribute them more easily and quickly to the various departments. Also, the digital personnel file and the announcements (e.g., payslips are now available). The inbox with reminders of fixed-term contracts and probation periods is also particularly helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately, in the personnel list, you cannot click on an employee and then move to the next one with an arrow at the top right. Also, I would love it if you could go to a document under "Documents" and directly change the name without it going directly into the employee profile. Additionally, it would be great if you could see which documents our employees have uploaded; you only get information that something has been uploaded, and then you have to judge based on the date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the ability to easily configure Personio Core and adapt it to the individual requirements and processes of the company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

From my perspective, Personio is not optimal for companies with many seasonal and recurring employment relationships.

* Seasonal Employment: Unfortunately, a new profile must be created for each re-employment of the same person. However, for seasonal employees, this is a normal and regularly recurring process.

* Employment in Multiple Companies: Changing or parallel employment relationships in multiple companies can only be represented to a limited extent.

* Mass Creation of Contracts: In seasonal settings, there is no convenient way to create contracts for many employees simultaneously without having to adjust the individual information for each profile separately.

* Termination of Contracts: Contracts must be terminated manually. With our high proportion of seasonal employment, this additional manual effort is, in my view, not optimal and inefficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like the UI/UX of Personio, along with the great support we have, especially from our account manager and the Personio Support. I appreciate that Personio continuously improves its features. I find that processes like time tracking, performance reviews, and payroll preparation work great in Personio. The workflows, reminders, and document creation and signature requests are probably the most valuable features for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The reporting isn't exactly where I would like it to be. It improved by a lot over the last two years and in 9/10 cases it's all I need but then some variables are not possible to select still, which can be quite frustrating, and there's still some waiting time until a report shows the most recently added data (5-10 min). The Planning would be really helpful for us but because we cannot add a cost center to the shown list, we cannot use it and have to use Excel instead. Simply adding a cost center to the list would greatly improve it for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Personio is an all-in-one platform and regularly releases updates. The support is also currently well-structured, and you get timely help. The user interface at Personio is just really good. We are also satisfied with the integrations. The performance area is still in its infancy, or you can tell that it's not Personio's main focus, and I think that's okay. Price: of course, not cheap, but okay for the range of functions. It's great that more and more AI features are being established. However, the quality and customizability still leave something to be desired. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are some topics and features that seem very trivial but just don't work or are missing. Sometimes there's a lack of focus on small, seemingly trivial improvements, and the focus is too much on big and exciting topics like AI themes. It would sometimes be cool to get an update on features that won't be revised soon but on which Personio is at least working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What we particularly like about Personio is its simple and intuitive operation. Having HR, recruiting, and payroll all in one place is a great advantage for us. Many processes seamlessly interlock, information is centrally available, and daily work becomes noticeably more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With our company size and the associated more complex requirements, we are increasingly reaching limits with Personio. In particular, our decentralized HR structures and individual processes cannot always be optimally mapped. Especially when designing templates, using placeholders, and automating specific processes, we wish for more flexibility and customization options. From our perspective, there is still development potential here, especially for growing companies with more complex organizational structures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Personio has a beautiful UI that was even praised by our team (we build digital products). The UX is well thought out, which makes it easy to use and simple to find the right information when needed. It’s fast and very performant, which saves time when moving around the tool.

The price feels fair, and the implementation support was good. Overall, it was easy to roll out in the company. It’s also a flexible tool that we were able to set up to fit our specific HR needs. On top of that, it offers an in-depth automation system that helped us streamline processes that were manual before, and it notifies the HR team when something important happens (when an important request is made or when a date is coming up).

It has allowed us to keep all HR and talent management information, along with most related processes, in one place instead of relying on multiple tools, sheets, and docs in parallel.

The API is complete which allowed us to make custom integrations with internal tools and AI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The “new employee onboarding” workflow feature offers good flexibility, but it still needs work to become more robust. A few key pieces are missing that would help us deliver a first-class onboarding experience for new hires.

Other thing is that here isn’t currently a clear way for managers and direct reports to schedule and manage 1:1s in one place, including an agenda and a summary of past sessions. It would also be helpful if those 1:1s could integrate with the Performance Review cycle.

Performance Review is still a feature in development, although it’s already solid and is being actively improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.