Good food, toxic culture shift, micromanagement, and forced internal competition - Customer Support Specialist Xero Employee Review

1.0
Jul 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Weekly lunch and snacks Discounted health insurance Great office space

Cons

Easily one of the worst work cultures I experienced. Ever since the change in leadership, the environment became toxic. Micromanagement was at an all-time high, and flexibility was non-existent. You had to request leave months in advance, or it would be rejected. ​Worse, the culture shifted to force employees to constantly compete against their own colleagues. Middle management simply acted as puppets for upper leadership, completely ignoring the well-being of their teams. We were treated like robots based purely on performance metrics rather than people. Avoid Xero if you care about your mental health.

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Pros

Xero has a great product and a lot of very passionate employees who work very hard for their customers.

Cons

The executive leadership at Xero is creating a toxic, backstabbing culture that promotes yes-men at the expense of honest dialogue. It's impossible to make decisions at the company, and multiple rounds of layoffs are leaving all employees shell shocked and fearful. Marketing teams are under-resourced while more demands are constantly being placed on teams to do more. When constraints are communicated, employees are blamed for them, rather that listened to. Multiple colleagues have said the same thing. Additionally, management has instituted a 'rank and yank' policy where everyone is graded on a forced curve, where the bottom quarter are immediately put on a PIP.

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