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Personio

Score9.2 out of 10

11 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Personio?

Personio is presented as an all-in-one HR software for small and medium-sized companies from the company of the same name based in Munich. The platform supports applicant tracking, workforce management features (e.g. attendance tracking, leave management) with employee self-service, as well as support for HR workflows, and employee performance review.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Personio has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
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Top Performing Features

  • Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

    Employee move workflow provides the ability to move employees to different positions and apply pay raises.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Organizational charting

    Organizational charting is the ability to create hierarchical charts.

    Category average: 7.3

  • Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

    Compliance capabilities ensure full compliance with federal workplace regulations by capturing required data in central database.

    Category average: 7.4

Areas for Improvement

  • Notifications and Alerts

    Notifications and reminders inform you of tasks to be completed

    Category average: 7.9

  • Organization and location management

    Organization and location management allows employees to be managed across multiple geographical locations.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Support for external payroll vendors

    Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.

    Category average: 7.5

Most Frequent Users

Top 3 industries using Personio
Based on HG Insights installation data
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#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

24.7%

493 installations of 2,000

#2 most frequent

Manufacturing

10.3%

206 installations of 2,000

#3 most frequent

Information

9.9%

198 installations of 2,000

Reviews

What users are saying about Personio.
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Solid HR System providing value and excellent experience for your employees

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Customer Service (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Personio was widely used accross business units and countries to plan, schedule and maintain good HR practices. In particular, it was the centerpiece of masterdata management, salary data management and vacation management, where the approval process was very handy for our organization. All in all, very intuitive UX and UI.

Pros

  • Powerful app - best in class
  • Masterdata management
  • Vacation Management
  • Organization charts
  • HR Processes

Cons

  • From administrative POV, there were indication that some integrations to salarysystems in other countries was lacking

Return on Investment

  • Significant acceleration of Time to Hire
  • Significantly improved management of Masterdata
  • Improvement of employee satisfaction

Usability

Alternatives Considered

HiBob, Sympa and Recruitee by Tellent

Other Software Used

HiBob, Sympa, Recruitee by Tellent

Personio has it all

Incentivized
Luis AlcaláView profile
Senior Manager, HR Planning & Talent Management in Human Resources at TruGreen (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have had this software for some time in the HR department, and we love it because it has all the functions and tools for complete HR management, from recruitment to payroll. It has an interface that we all understand and use easily, so we adapted to it in no time.

Pros

  • Allows automatic posting of job offers on different sites and portals to find the perfect candidates for available vacancies.
  • It has employee tracking tools, such as attendance and absence tracking, as well as time monitoring of working hours and overtime.
  • Payroll management is very complete and is done quickly and almost automatically, as it enters hours worked, overtime and absences, with an accurate calculation to avoid errors.

Cons

  • Some processes could be more automatic or with fewer clicks, for example, role-based authorization, which, although a security feature, could be simplified.
  • It is a fairly intuitive and navigable software, but because it is so complete, it has different modules, tools, and functions that can make its learning curve steep.
  • Some attributes at the time of payroll cannot be changed or customized.

Return on Investment

  • This program is complete, so it allows to have all the human resources management in the same panel, along with all the information of the employees, which streamlines the activities of the department, making us more productive. Employees feel more satisfied with our performance, and we have considerably lowered payroll complaints.