Personio

A very good decision I am still proud of

Comments: Difficult. I like it! Had some experience with Workdays in the company before and was at the beginning a kind of sad that little business has not the budget for such software.
But now I am even happier because Personio not only is quiete as good - it is even better for small business purpose because it's less complex and allowes to stremline processes better for our needs.

Pros:

It's HR Software with service for every employee, managers etc. - and so what I like most is, that nearly everybody likes to use it though we did not have much training effort. Big benefit (usualy) is as well, that Personio has an ongoing development nad gets even better every month.

Cons:

Some "improvements" - especially in design - are not really steps forward but seem to complicate work - but usually respective suggestions are heared and drawn into account.

Alternatives Considered: BambooHR

Reasons for Switching to Personio: Originally becasue Personio was the only Provider with servers lokated in Germany (it was the time of the new data protection rules). And it was real SAS while one of the other products (the European one) would have to be customized with big effort (and costs)...

Promising product with some challenges, recommended

Comments: They also have a decent amount of workflows that you can build to automate your processes. Easy to set language you prefer the tool to work in. You can handle proper review cycles, a product still in development but may have a fairly promising future.

Pros:

They are constantly developing and holding the end user in mind fairly well. For the German Market they are very adequate and they can handle complex payrolling and the different bureaucratic administrative requirements in German labour and law.

Cons:

They sometimes lack specific localisation such as Netherlands holiday allowance. You need to buy extra entities if you fully want to embrace international.

Good value for the price

Pros:

Personio does the job when it comes to basic HR needs. Integrations with other platforms worked great

Cons:

UX and UI are okay but could be much better Lack of flexibility when it comes to part + full time employees Reporting issues and mistakes are frequent

Personio is a all-in-one HR solution for companies

Comments: - Personio provides a unified system that encompasses a wide array of HR services, serving as the ideal all-in-one solution with its integration capabilities.
- By seamlessly communicating with other systems, Personio minimizes administrative workload, eliminating the need for redundant data entry across multiple tools.
- Its user-friendly interface simplifies usage for both employees and administrators, enhancing accessibility.
- Continual development and release of various features ensure ongoing improvement of the product and therefore the work of HR

Pros:

- Personio boasts exceptional user-friendliness and intuitive design. - Seamlessly integrating with various tools such as an LMS is effortless with Personio. - Its array of features includes document creation, Performance Reviews, and a comprehensive Payroll system. - Personio is committed to continuous improvement, frequently rolling out new features. - Prioritizing customer satisfaction, Personio emphasizes a robust customer success program. - Covering a wide spectrum of HR functions, Personio is a comprehensive HRIS solution, encompassing everything from recruitment to offboarding templates.

Cons:

So far, the target group of personio has mainly been small and medium sized companies and many of the functions and processes are geared towards this target group and therefore workaround solutions still have to be found for larger companies in some cases

Good for small to mid size companies

Pros:

Very user friendly, does not require to be an expert to handle the product. You can customise the reports you want to create easily and add different conditions.

Cons:

Would require some improvement to make it scalable for multiple locations. The tool is having very customisable fields but sometimes when you operate in a lot of different countries with central functions like HR analytics you require some local regulations features (13th month of salary, different working time, fields for local allowances). One big missing feature is the absence of some dynamic fields, having dynamic dropdown in the tool would really help a lot to avoid mistakes when someone is entering some data in the tool