Company details

HEADCOUNT

100-499

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Retail & Consumer

WEBSITE

http://www.koro.com/

About the company

KoRo is a Berlin-founded food brand best known for pantry staples and snacks sold online and through major retail partners across Europe. KoRo positions the business around “better food” at scale, with a strong emphasis on product range, omnichannel growth, and brand-led marketing. KoRo publicly states the company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin. KoRo also highlights a large European customer base and wide retail distribution.

Locations and presence

KoRo’s main office location is Berlin-Schöneberg, and many early-career roles are listed there. KoRo also hires outside Germany for market roles, including a full-time junior role in the Netherlands.

Palpable Score

66.0

/ 100

KoRo offers real entry points for students and juniors, with several working-student roles, internships, and at least one full-time “Junior” role open to up to two years’ experience. The score is held back mainly by pay fairness signals, where KoRo publishes low internship pay and multiple reviews flag junior pay or progression limits.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

14.5

/ 20

The company lists multiple early-career entry points at once, including working-student roles (for example Dutch Translations, Influencer Marketing) and an internship in Food Packaging.
KoRo posts at least one full-time junior role, “Junior Social Media and Community Manager – Netherlands,” with “up to 2 years of experience,” which is a genuine post-graduation entry route.
The company also keeps an “Initiative/Unsolicited application” option, which helps early-career candidates who do not fit a single job title.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company sets a clear response expectation in the careers FAQ, saying applicants usually hear back within 10 days and explaining what happens after submission.
KoRo uses a formal application system (Personio) with consistent role templates (“Your tasks,” “Your profile,” “What you can expect”), which reduces randomness for juniors.
The company has mixed but often positive candidate-process feedback on kununu (including “quick” and “transparent” reports), though there are also negative experiences, which keeps this from being top-tier.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company repeatedly promises “extensive onboarding” in working-student and junior job ads, which is a concrete support signal for early-career hires.
KoRo’s Food Packaging internship describes close working with a packaging engineer and includes practical projects like KPI analysis, sustainability work, and tracking EU packaging rules.
The company does not publish a structured early-career development framework (for example mentoring, review cycles, or promotion criteria), so learning support looks role-dependent.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

10.5

/ 20

The company discloses monthly internship pay for the Food Packaging role (550€ gross during Bachelor’s, 900€ gross during Master’s or with completed vocational training), which gives transparency but reads as low for a six-month full-time Berlin internship.
KoRo lists meaningful stability benefits for interns and students in Berlin (for example BVG monthly ticket coverage, home office options, and flexible hours) that reduce day-to-day cost pressure.
The company does not consistently publish salary ranges for junior and working-student roles, and several reviews explicitly criticise low pay for interns or working students, which drags the pillar down.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

12.0

/ 20

The company has substantial intern feedback on kununu (dozens of internship-filtered reviews) that often mentions being included in processes early and gaining strong first experience, which supports “learning by doing” outcomes.
KoRo also has mixed employee sentiment on career growth, including at least one longer-tenure review noting “limited steps of promotion,” which is a direct early-career outcome risk.
The company’s LinkedIn hiring footprint suggests ongoing growth and repeat hiring, but public sources do not provide hard outcomes like internship-to-full-time conversion rates, retention numbers, or typical time-to-promotion for juniors.

Useful links & resources

KoRo Careers FAQ (timelines, internships, thesis info)KoRo jobs board (Personio, includes working-student and internship roles)Food Packaging internship listing (tasks, benefits, published pay)