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?

"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 230 reviews)); "Good Benefits and snacks and close to a subway station in the middle of the city." ((in 77 reviews)); "Great teams and awesome product mindset" ((in 56 reviews)); "Great office to work in with quite a few bonuses" ((in 43 reviews)); "Great company culture thats inclusive and flexible" ((in 39 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 58 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 others" ((in 42 reviews)); "No Career Progression or its not clear enough" ((in 40 reviews)); "Many managers appear more invested in their own visibility and advancement than in the growth or wellbeing of their teams." ((in 39 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Sep 10, 2013

New Hire - Denver, CO

Customer support specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I recently completed the interview process and am excited for my start date to come. I can honestly say that I've never been more excited to start a new job. It is clear that their philosophy is happy employees make great employees. I could see this in the people that I had interviewed with. They were interested in finding out who I am and what I have to offer, as opposed to how well I can answer obscure interview questions. Everyone I talked to built my excitement by the way they talked about the company and how much they enjoy working for Xero.

Cons

None that I'm aware of.

5.0

Jun 26, 2013

Newly hired, couldn't be happier with the opportunity

Direct sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Interview experience from start to finish

Cons

No cons so far, everything is great so far

2.0

Jul 25, 2023

Steady decline

Lead engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Xero has had a pretty solid work culture particularly in the engineering space. Empathetic leaders and great opportunities for growth. Not anymore

Cons

Whilst we're being told that the net nPS score will slide or is expected when a major restructure happens, this is just the executive leadership making themselves feel better. You can see the slide in Glassdoor overall score start to really decline from late last year and coincide with new CEO joining and starting to bring on US leadership in product. Change can be good, put the fundamentals of what made Xero so great are declining dramatically. The recent restructures were shambolic, great leaders were let go and questionable appointments were made particularly in engineering. It's just demoralising and next level nepotism. Senior leadership appears out of sync as they figure out how this will all work, treating people like numbers ain't going to end well. There are still some super smart engineers I know of hanging around until their next opportunity. Good luck attracting talent guys

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