Does Xero pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Xero employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Xero. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Xero?

58% of Xero employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Xero 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Xero?

Software Engineer (95) , Customer Experience Specialist (88) , Senior Software Engineer (67) , Account Manager (60) , Product Manager (45) , Software Developer (34) , Senior Account Manager (28) , Senior Engineer (28) , Engineer (23) , Sales (22) , Product Designer (19) , Developer (16) , Intern (14) , Lead Engineer (14) , Partner Consultant (14)

What are the pros of working at Xero according to real employee reviews?

"Xero has a great culture which trusts its employees and gives them space and authority to do their best work." ((in 297 reviews)); "Great people to work with Free vending machine and fruit Lots of cool events and Friday drinks Up to date tech to use for working" ((in 246 reviews)); "Good work life balance for employees" ((in 99 reviews)); "Good Benefits and snacks and close to a subway station in the middle of the city." ((in 75 reviews)); "Great teams and nice people" ((in 58 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Xero according to real employee reviews?

"Micro management What’s was cool and special before are being taken away" ((in 61 reviews)); "Senior leadership are so overconfident in their decisions that they get visibly angry when questioned about their laughably poor decisions" ((in 48 reviews)); "No Career Progression or its not clear enough" ((in 39 reviews)); "Many managers appear more invested in their own visibility and advancement than in the growth or wellbeing of their teams." ((in 38 reviews)); "Starting salary is low compared to other companies" ((in 36 reviews))

What are employees saying about Xero layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Xero layoffs and their outlook for job security at Xero in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Xero locations?

Denver , San Francisco , New York , San Mateo , San Jose , Oklahoma City , Houston , Cleveland , Los Angeles , Colorado Springs , Wellington , Portland , Atlanta

Xero reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,648 total reviews)

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

51% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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Xero has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,648 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Xero employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews

3.0

Feb 13, 2025

Losing touch with their Values

Cx specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Colleagues Like-minded individuals Free drinks & Food Decent Salary

Cons

- More focus on the bottom line rather than the core Xero values - Constant changes that only affect the employees - Price increases disguised as a benefit to the customer but are actually there to feature lock customers out of a cheaper plan - The company looks completely different now than it did even a few years ago - The values have deteriorated and are no longer present in decision making or ideas for the future. They are instead shoe horned in to try and appeal to the market

1.0

Mar 12, 2024

Going downhill with a silo mindset

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Teams especially teams that have stuck around post reset, culture in these areas is still great Great work life balance

Cons

Leadership, Leadership and Leadership! New leadership has come with a silo mindset where they just spring up decisions without collaborating with teams. Lack of CTO meaning lack of engineering strategy, new SVP of engineering is so high up in his castle where all you can see him doing is move pieces/people, no clear direction on how they can improve current engineering process. All great people or people who had more deep knowledge around Xero space have left this ship and you can clearly see the affect of it with the above leadership just hapazardly making decision's, showing some numbers which does not translate to success. No Career Progression or its not clear enough

3.0

Oct 21, 2023

going downhill

Product marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexible working and great colleagues

Cons

new management is “Americanising” the company, stripping away what makes xero a great place to work

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