Average Pay, weird(?) promotion incentives - Engineer Xero Employee Review

2.0
Aug 2, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Flexible working options - Work/life balance - Medical insurance

Cons

- Low pay - Rife with tech debt - Promotion not rooted in engineering acumen or performance but is instead rooted in extracurricular activities or 'hoops' to jump through that most don't seem to keep up once promoted. You also need to build your personal brand in your team/product and stick out above the rest in communication channels, this leads to (in my opinion) weird communication behavior.

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5.0
Apr 24, 2026
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Pros

Great culture and solid benefits

Cons

Could be a bit chaotic at times

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1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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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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