Bullies and micro managers - Anonymous employee Xero Employee Review

1.0
Aug 10, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great if you’re in the right team or if you suck up to the right person

Cons

- Middle managers bully and micromanage to overcompensate for their inexperience - Middle management block promotions internally and will play mind games with their team - upper management will put said managers on plans. Said manager will ‘behave’ for a few months, then go back to their old behaviour. Rinse and repeat

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

Cons

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