Great Company with a modern Startup Culture, but pick a good team! - Team Leader Xero Employee Review

4.0
May 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cutting edge technology, ShipIt days, Rod Drury has the right vision and values, excellent grad program, great opportunities for younger people including interns and grads, interesting product, diversity is appreciated

Cons

Open plan office can be noisy, middle management not always well picked, high turnover, collaboration between different branches is not working well, limitted career options for older staff

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Pros

Great culture and solid benefits

Cons

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Jun 30, 2026
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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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