Personio Reviews & Product Details

It's simplicity and cleanliness. the GUI is very minimalistic which goes a long way. The customer service team although young are quite responsive with regards to time of response. The tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The important tools like, automation with features which are crucially important to HR / Audit. Historical data , change tracking, Leave Management features are not directly impacting Payroll, Payroll is not as customisable as we would like, Payroll is one size fits all, I would recommend though a few adjustment in the future including training history, approvals of reimbursement, submission of bills/ payments, the tool overall should be more empowering not only to HR but the employees themselves. It would be even better to scan documents directly through the app and upload them onto the system (phone app). Performance Management system is missing customisation (one size does not fit all, uploading of templates into the system for Performance Management. I consider myself a groomed professional in the field of HR and the dashboard although I love it for its simplicity can be more informative with regards to statistics like or Dashboard with customisable graphs for especially for HR where details like leave balances, sick leave days statistics, overall metrics that one would not need to necessarily go to the reports page to obtain. I call them quick stats. The automation part can be simplified. I believe the extra charges are not warranted and should be part and parcel of the HR tool, The onboarding process for new companies clients should be more supportive, by facilitating some of the features and guiding companies on how to maximise the potential of your tool the more they feel comfortable using Personio the longer they will remain as clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can organize my review meetings right from personio and it even creates an appointment with my team mates. The recruiting package allows to post a job on several channels and with the automation package we get templates for moving applicants through the funnel. Personio saved us dozes of hours in the process of hiring new team mates. All our colleagues get transparency via personio since we collect all HR data in it and provide access to the individual team member. Furthermore we can now offer online booking of absence, sick leave or pager duty off days. This helped us in the reporting and planning for our teams and brought good visibility into the organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately theer are quite some glitches in the performance module and one can sense, that it is quite new to the ecosystem. It works but would benefiot greatly from a review towards user experience. Secondly the mobile app is quite basic and doesn't offer many features besides besides booking holidays and sick leave. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In my opinion, Personio is currently one of the best products on the German market. I am confident it has been developed by professionals with a strong Hr/people knowledge, as it is easy to use still very complex as a tool, very intuitive and adaptable to clients needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I did not identified till now negative aspects - all the challenges were quickly resolved. Thank you! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recruiting and HR Management, all in in one place.

Nice UI, very helpful and quick support.

Continuous feature updates.

Regularly webinars, feature insights, and office/virtual events to get to know the product and the people.

They started in the last webinars to show the product roadmap for the next months and even a longer perspective -great to know that is comming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing big really. I mean, there are many improvements still, but this is most of the time for specific and detailed cases. In general, everything works really well.

The performance section could be furhter imporved, as we do not use it that regularly since its not that detailed. But I hope it gets fuxe vrey soon they have a task force for that es well - thanks guys.

Problems that we face at the moment is related to holidays of working students (Hourly vs daily), time tracking that adheres to rules of taking breaks and some minor UI problems at payroll. But as far as I know that is all on the roadmap for the medium term. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That all employees easily can request absence and the process is automatically followed up by the tool. The absence will then show in the calendar without showing delicate information, which we really like.

The app makes it so easy and everything is very user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Parts of the implementation was very tedious and manual. The tool itself is lacking some features that I understood will be launched in the close future (Like approval from the app). We also would like to see some more options for reporting in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the best part of the implementation of this platform is the integrating of the company personnel data making the rest of the implementation a smooth process.

as for Personio as a whole, it is going to make our HR process more streamlined and efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being new to Personio I can not see at this time anything that I do not like about it, the processes are streamlined for easy use and the functions it gives you are user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Personio has a great user interface for the administrators and for all our employees - it is fun to log in and work with personio. Furthermore we were able to digitize all the documents of our employees, make them transparent (on the right place) and accessible for our employees and the management and have all documents in one place instead of different locations. The option of E-signatures is a really good extension and speeds up the signing process immensely. Addionally employee information can be customized what makes the HR work much easier. The reports you are able to download with Personio are very good (even the standard and not individual reports). Furthermore the approval processes are easy to implement and our on- and off-boarding processes can be easily mapped. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A few things can still be changed even if Personio is already great:

Sections and attributes that are not filled for one employee should not be shown (causes confusion and looks incomplete).

Furthermore it is not possible to adjust the column width in the employee view.

It is not possible to share customized reports with employees who don't have access to everything (e.g. salaries).

The fields that are displayed in the search bar for the employees should be individually adaptable (it is always position and department). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The opportunity to store and manage all employees information in one point and to lead the recruiting activities across different departments and countries in a consistent way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately Personio doesn't offer yet an integrated way to manage also Training (LMS) and Performance Management processes. They have partnerships in place and I know that they are working on these areas but, not having already these processes integrated is a challenge for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is an intuitive tool that all the employees can use. It can be easily configured and the system has a lot of flexibility that allow you to personalize all the processes to cover your needs.

The system allows us to track and check all the internal processes we are handling with a couple of clicks. It also works as a repository, so we are sure all the documents are safe and following all the GDPR rules. The employee can access to their records without requesting it to the HR Department.

We can also track attendance, so on one hand we are in compliance with the local regulations and on the other, this allows us to work on the pre-payroll and anticipate accruals and further issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Despite the system is in English, it is not yet in all the main European languages.

When creating a report with a lot of data, sometimes the system spends a bit of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The uncomplicated and digital management of nearly all HR processes.

We run everything from the onboarding process to the digital signage of contracts and performance management to the salary development in Personio.

The support is great, you get a call back, helpful newsletters and follow-up mails. When you call them, they usually call back within minutes!

Its really fun to work with a motivated team like Personio.

Most of the time they find a convenient workaround to some many questions we ask. There is also a lot in the help centre and regular online trainings are being organised. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some tools like the flexible work schedules and the performance tool for instance are not fully developed yet. But there is a great potential!

The app is optimised for employees, not for admins. Thus, there could way more information available to have all the necessary data on the go.

The set up with all different roles is quite complicated at the beginning, but it really pays out once you see what is possible.

If you suggest a new function or ask for something new, it takes a really long time to get put into the system, which is understandable, but annoying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- The system is great and it has a lot of great functions for companies operating in Germany. For example, you can create rules related to vacation carry over (how many days, when they should expire).

- Quite a customizable system - many things can be adjusted to the needs of your organization.

- Great reporting, you can build your own reports easily. You simply need to choose the data you want to be shown in your report which is amazing as our previous system was offering pre-built reports only.

- Very good support. If you have any question, they will get back to you within the same day. The communication with Sales Manager and Implementation Manager was very efficient too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Sometimes it feels like the system is too German and the functions cannot always be adjusted to other countries. As example I can mention vacation in other countries that are not granted to employees on Jan 1st, but in the middle of the year, like in France or Sweden. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Personio offers a complete set of tools for all HR tasks. From onboarding to payroll, performance management, attendance and absence tracking to recruiting. Everything can be found in one place.

Data security was also important for us and Personio fulfills all our requirements.

One of the real benefits for us is the reporting power of Personio. You do get the usual reports (headcount, FTE, etc.) out of the system but you can also design/create your own reports. You can create your own attributes and use them in your reports. So, this HR system can be literally used for any company, I would say.

Personio support is excellent too. Really nice and helpful people trying to solve any issue fast. I hate talking to some call center agents not being interested in your actual problem but just following a check list. Personio's support is completely different. I always enjoy calling them because I know that they will take the extra mile to find a solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We are working with variable teams and thus, we would need a more flexible attendance tracking option. I have been told that Personio is already working on it, so everything will be fine.

If you don't like how Personio functions, just tell them and they will add it to their feature request list. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Die Einführung war sehr einfach und wir konnten schnell mit der neuen Software starten. Alle Ansprechpartner bei Personio sind super freundlich und zuvorkommend, wir fühlen uns sehr gut betreut. Die Software funktioniert sauber und sieht gut aus, das ist vor allem für die Bedienung durch die Mitarbeiter entscheidend.

Die Rundum-Lösung für den gesamten HR-Prozess von der Ausschreibung, über die Einstellung bis zur Beendigung einer Anstellung kann hierüber abgebildet werden. Es ist toll, wie sich die Firma weiterentwickelt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manche Funktionen sind noch etwas starr. Das ist zwar einerseits von Vorteil, damit es nicht zu kompliziert wird. In einigen Bereichen wünscht man sich aber noch etwas mehr Flexibilität in den Einstellungen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The implementation of Personio was very easy because we were supported very competently and personally by the Personio specialists the whole time. Even with repeated questions, we always received an answer/solution very quickly. The very personal support was very helpful when setting up the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing. There was nothing that displeased me during the whole process. Even now, when using Personio, the support is very good at all times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simple employee management

Ingenious payroll

Connection to our time recording software

Employee introduction made easy

Absence, attendance and vacation planning have been re-considered Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are currently no complaints or negative aspects that we could report. Even the support is outstanding and we have not yet experienced a software introduction that has been carried out so professionally Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The easy and guided installation and handover with all the important knowledge. The program is really easy to understand and can theoretically be "installed" and run by anyone with a little understanding of programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes many settings can only be made individually. Here a multiple selection would be great. This would make the installation even easier and sometimes this problem is already solved by uploading Excel lists and thus being able to make several settings at once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- One single source of trust

- Automatic reminders with regard to probation period, etc.

- Easy reporting

- Easy to use tool for all participants

- Very open for feedback

- Close relationship with customers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- A few things still need to be done vie "work arounds" - ( rights management, certain reportings)

- Still improvement on "speed" of servers needed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's very timesaving, a lot of manual HR tasks can be done by Personio like contracts, e-signatures, reminders for managers during onboarding, about contracts, and way way more. I like that you can adjust everything yourself, you are not dependent on Personio to change your setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some options are not there yet, but you see they are developing very quickly. We really need bi-weekly schedules, and they update us frequently about the feature (that will be implemented soon). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is really simple to use and the HR team could get started working with it easily.

It saves us time in terms of reporting, having vacation overview, documentation and especially the self-services offered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would have preferred to have a holistic feedback/performance module with 360 degree reviews but we chose instead Leapsome for this as Personio has an integration with them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- many useful modules are already available to map a range of personnel processes

- it has a modern design and in many places it is also implemented in a user-friendly way

- the support is always very friendly and endeavored

- the software is web-based and accessible from anywhere

- with a little effort you can somehow get most of the data out of Personio

- the administration is good to handle (as long you stay in the standard)

- the integration from a lot of different modules to one system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- it has been slower and slower lately

- there are still a number of modules or functionalities in the modules that are missing or have not been thought through consistently (onboarding, reporting possibilities, mobile app, etc.)

- sometimes there are also logic gaps which lead to the fact that automatic systems simply cannot represent reality (e.g. vacation calculation in absence due to parental leave and illness; no matter what you do, a calculation always runs wrong)

- what bothers me the most, or rather my impression is: more and more construction sites are being opened than old ones are being closed completely

- Communication of changes in the tool sometimes somewhat late Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Besonders positiv hervorzuheben ist der von Personio vorgeschlagene Implementierungsprozess. Selten etwas so Professionelles erlebt wie hier!

In HR haben wir transparente und offene Prozesse, kann über Pesonio jederzeit die Informationen abfragen, und hat auf Knopfdruck Reports zur Verfügung mit denen man dann weiter arbeiten kann. Sehr einfache Möglichkeit Daten einzuspielen und auch raus zu holen. Enorm vielfältige Einstellungen, fast jede Art von Matrixorganisation ist abbildbar, und die Berechtigungen sind granular einzustellen.

Die Führungskräfte haben jederzeit Zugriff auf ihr Team, wo sie bisher HR benötigten.

Die Geschäftsführung hat ebenfalls jederzeit Zugriff auf Reports, und kann sich Details ansehen, die zuvor ebenfalls nur durch die HR MA zur Verfügung gestellt werden konnten.

Mitarbeiter können jederzeit in ihrem Konto Details ansehen und ändern, und in HR können wir dazu einen Freigabeprozess implementieren. Sie sehen Verläufe und Details zum Gehalt.

Aber einfach die zentrale Ablage und Administration der Mitarbeiter, die strukturierten Prozesse und die Schnittstellen in den einzelnen Prozessen, z.B. vom Recruiting zu Administration bei Anstellung, sind einfach top.

Außerdem die laufende Weiterentwicklung, die ständig neue Bereiche und Möglichkeiten eröffnet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ich glaube, wir reizen das System schon sehr stark aus, dadurch wir ein international tätiges Unternehmen sind. Eventuell noch mehr Bezug auf Länderbesonderheiten wäre schön, da die Workarounds tw. dann wieder erklärt werden müssen.

Vor allem bei der Zeit Erfassung können wir noch nicht alle Länder so abbilden wie es nötig wäre. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like most that you can store any kind of information with this tool. There is no limit of attributes tha can be added. For german customers its essential to be able to track time offs and if sick notes have already been handed in easily. Personio has a very simple way in handling sick leaves. This reduces time & effort for tracking a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When it comes to reports the tool is still in a beta version. Reports are not completeley handy and some data cannot be extracted easily.

Changes that have been made by mistake are still found in the history entries and you cannot delete them or show only the correct entries which might be confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Personio helps us to map our HR requirements and workflows in a very smart way and to adapt them ourselves even in an agile environment. In other words, there are well-thought-out technical guidelines, where I still have the chance to design my processes within a defined framework.

Agile setup, fast implementation, regular exchange, understanding HR in a modern approach, constant drive for innovation/ new features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Performance review / personnel development area still needs fine-tuning

Reporting - several visual evaluations (Manager View) / team comparison

Recruiting module (recruitment) should be even better linked to the onboarding process

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- very easy to use (intuitive)

- employees can switch to different languages (for us most important in English and German)

- different entities can be displayed

- they are always working on changes to improve

- can be customized

- recruiting, payroll, employee data all gathered in one tool

- they have a great support and are always there to help

- time tracking and approval roles are available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- some changes or new features should be communicated better

- the reporting still needs improvement

- some employee data can't be exported properly (e.g. salary data)

- feedback/performance feature not really usable

- the org chart is not very good to use, especially when the organizated is rather compley

- Personio can't really be used if the company is based in the US (or has an entity in the US) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.