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 decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Xero?

56% of Xero employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Xero 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 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 306 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 237 reviews)); "Good Benefits and snacks and close to a subway station in the middle of the city." ((in 74 reviews)); "Great teams and bright people" ((in 64 reviews)); "Great office to work in with quite a few bonuses" ((in 42 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 59 reviews)); "Senior leadership are so overconfident in their decisions that they get visibly angry when questioned about their laughably poor decisions" ((in 50 reviews)); "Pay is low compared to australia" ((in 45 reviews)); "Many managers appear more invested in their own visibility and advancement than in the growth or wellbeing of their teams." ((in 37 reviews)); "No Career Progression or its not clear enough" ((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

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(1,650 total reviews)

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

48% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

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Xero has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,650 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

1.0

Oct 19, 2020

Emperors New Clothes syndrome.

Senior account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The product is competitive but being overtaken by Intuit

Cons

The leadership team think they're special when in fact they're detached from reality.

Xero Response

5y

Thank you for sharing this feedback with us. We’re disappointed to hear about your experience. We're proud of the incredible positive culture we've built and work hard to champion this across at every level of leadership. We’d like to address your concerns directly to better understand the situation. If you’re not comfortable going to your manager, we encourage you to approach Liz Crump, People Experience Lead who is keen to assist. Again, we appreciate your candid feedback.

2.0

Apr 17, 2018

Be careful about which team

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you’re in the right team, collaboration and mutual respect is there and makes it a great, positive and productive working environment.

Cons

If you’re *NOT* in the right team, collaboration and mutual respect is NOT there and makes it a NOT very great, negative and un-productive working environment. No opportunities for growing into more senior roles - the trend seems to be to hire from outside rather than train people from within.

3.0

Apr 17, 2015

Too many cooks, not enough broth

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Inspiring CEO High profile company, with strong investment Lots of very smart people Good at anticipating opportunities in the market, and succeeding in them

Cons

Top-heavy staffing distribution, with strange management hierarchies. High chance of burn-out. A very "corporate" view of infrastructure and tooling, resistant to non-MS technologies. Difficult to find certain necessary skill-groups in NZ (e.g. full-stack DevOps, Site-Reliability Engineers rather than SysAdmins) and still extremely resistant to virtual teams and remote working.

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