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 (94) , Customer Experience Specialist (88) , Senior Software Engineer (66) , 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 296 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 236 reviews)); "Good work life balance for employees" ((in 98 reviews)); "Good Benefits and snacks and close to a subway station in the middle of the city." ((in 82 reviews)); "Great teams and awesome product mindset" ((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 59 reviews)); "Senior leadership are so overconfident in their decisions that they get visibly angry when questioned about their laughably poor decisions" ((in 49 reviews)); "Pay is low compared to australia" ((in 43 reviews)); "These will be tied to your Annual Salary Review and are one of the tools Xero uses to to delay or refuse salary increases." ((in 38 reviews)); "Some terrible managers who stay and do damage for far too long." ((in 37 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

(1,646 total reviews)

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

50% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Xero has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,646 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

Jul 12, 2015

Management put themselves ahead of employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice teammates Product sells itself Nice new building

Cons

Manufactured atmosphere Role fatigue Self absorbed management

Xero Response

10y

Thank you for sharing your thoughts it's so valuable. As Xero is scaling incredibly rapidly we are not always going to get it right. Our culture and values underpin the need for ongoing transparent feedback particularly during this period of rapid growth so that we can hold on to what makes Xero special. We know that providing feedback to peers, managers, lead team and even the MD can be daunting so we have implemented a coaching program for all employees on 'how to' have those conversations at all levels. We understand we can only fix something if we know it's broken. At Xero we want people to #Champion their ideas, #Challenge if they disagree, be #Human as we all make mistakes and take #Ownership if something isn't working so that ultimately we can deliver a #Beautiful product to our customers.

2.0

Jun 27, 2015

Becoming a corporate machine

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free drinks, etc. Work colleagues are great. Video games, and other stuff you'd expect from a modern tech company that is trying to pretend it's still a start up.

Cons

Has scaled very poorly in the past few years, and beginning to feel like a poorly managed corporate monster with ever-changing c-team. Non-competitive pay (in NZ). Lack of autonomy and constant meddling by senior execs towards development teams really defeats the purpose of #ownership. CEO constantly makes embarrassing and lout-ish comments. Comes across as very intolerant. Very poor communication between US and NZ team has led to a large amount of animosity and poor development practices.

Xero Response

10y

Sorry to hear you feel this way and I absolutely agree any signs of being the corporate monster you describe should be quashed! Given the rate of growth we've experienced it's unavoidable that there will be times where we miss the mark, adapt and improve. I see lots of examples of great teams, communication and increasing autonomy, so am confident we're on the right track. Thanks for the feedback

4.0

Jun 25, 2015

Good place to work

Sql server database administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free snacks and food Flexible schedules and works from home Good amount of Vacation time

Cons

Doesn't give the US side enough say in day to day decisions Resentment from the NZ side if you get your work done too quickly To many homegrown tools for maintaining the business.

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