Below average pay, poor management, average colleagues - Senior Engineer Xero Employee Review

2.0
Jul 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible working is good in teams I've been in, some culture is still around even after layoffs, some really good people to work with.

Cons

There are a lot of overconfident, arrogant engineers that can be difficult to work with, especially if you've come from other companies. It's tough to implement positive change when fresh to the company, which is often the best time to get new perspectives. Senior management is gutting culture, while at the same time insisting that they aren't. Transparency from senior management is some of the worst I've seen, with a lot of double speak, and a real lack of self awareness from the CEO. Nepotism in the US has started creeping in. CEO doesn't understand that people won't give honest feedback if they cannot do it anonymously, and has a real lack of awareness around workplace politics that can impact individual contributors. Perhaps just so far removed from those that do work at the company.

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Cons

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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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