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 (67) , Account Manager (60) , Product Manager (45) , Software Developer (34) , Senior Account Manager (28) , Senior Engineer (28) , Engineer (22) , 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 305 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 241 reviews)); "Good Benefits and snacks and close to a subway station in the middle of the city." ((in 80 reviews)); "Great teams and bright people" ((in 65 reviews)); "Great office to work in with quite a few bonuses" ((in 38 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 62 reviews)); "Senior leadership are so overconfident in their decisions that they get visibly angry when questioned about their laughably poor decisions" ((in 53 reviews)); "Pay is low compared to australia" ((in 39 reviews)); "Starting salary is low compared to other companies" ((in 37 reviews)); "Many managers appear more invested in their own visibility and advancement than in the growth or wellbeing of their teams." ((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

(1,646 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 1,646 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

May 8, 2016

CX Specialist

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fairly straight forward job with some great people and awesome office to work in

Cons

Have to deal with the occasional stuborn or annoying person

5.0

Mar 5, 2016

Great people, great work

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I work with some very intelligent and diligent people who are passionate about what we're doing. The work I do is challenging, interesting, and important. The working environment is great, everyone is friendly and works well together.

Cons

Nothing major comes to mind. There have been a few growing pains as we hire more people and expand office space, having to shuffle people around.

5.0

Jan 26, 2016

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Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company is filled with a very diverse and talented team. Culture and values are kept at the forefront and are drilled in early and often and the senior management really does make an effort to adhere to them. Effort is made to make life easier for the employees within reason, work from home or remote when needed. Flexible hours. Great facilities. Exciting young company still getting a lot built and shipped. Fun to be a part of a product people like.

Cons

Growing pains with all of the new people and systems. Some inefficiencies are still being sussed out. Adjusting to new senior management. Seems to be a lot of change in that space.

Xero Response

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Thank you for your feedback and advice. The People Experience team is currently trialing a cool new tool that will help us gather opinions, feedback and concerns in real time so we are able to respond and improve things at the same speed as we are scaling.

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