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Celonis

3,000 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What It's Like to Work at Celonis

Updated on February 05, 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Job Satisfaction

Job satisfaction at Celonis is supported by a framework that prioritizes ownership, continuous development, purposeful innovation and holistic well-being. 

Ownership “We Own It”: Every full-time employee is granted Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) from Day 1. This drives our “we own it” company value as well as a “Founder’s mentality” among Celonauts, ensuring everyone shares the company’s success. 

Continuous development: Celonis invests in professional growth of its employees using the 70-20-10 learning model. 

  • 70% experiential learning through live projects, shadowing and short term assignments. 
  • 20% social learning through mentoring programs
  • 10% formal learning through workshops, training sessions and learning paths

Purposeful innovation: Job satisfaction is further reinforced by the intrinsic value of the Celonis product. By helping global enterprises reduce waste and carbon emissions, employees see their daily technical work as a contribution to a more sustainable planet. This is further supported through annual impact days, where every employee is given paid time off to volunteer for community and environmental causes. 

Holistic well-being: Celonis benefits are designed to ensure holistic wellbeing of its employees. 

  • Industry-leading parental leave policy, including 6+ months of paid parental leave, and 24 weeks of paid leave for main carers, 12 weeks for supporting carers.
  • A flexible policy allowing for remote work (typically 2 days per week) while maintaining vibrant office hubs for collaboration. 

Willingness to Recommend

Celonis is recognized as the global leader in Process Intelligence and Enterprise AI. It also has a strong workplace reputation specifically for its culture of ownership, rapid professional growth and market leading innovation. According to employee feedback on various platforms like Glassdoor, Comparably etc, it has a strong reputation for a collaborative environment and career acceleration.

Celonis maintains a 72% recommendation rate on platforms like Glassdoor and Kununu, and our CEO rating on Comparably sits in the top 5% for similar-sized companies.

External Validation

  • Best Places to Work: Named to Built In’s lists for NYC, LA, and San Francisco for the last 4 consecutive years.
  • Forbes Cloud 100: Ranked #12 in 2025.
  • Fortune Future 50: Ranked #3 globally.
  • Kununu Top Employer: Named for 2026, and the past 3 years consecutively

These rankings categorize Celonis as one of the world's most promising companies for long-term growth, offering a unique "startup within a big company" experience for ambitious talent.