Xero reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(1,638 total reviews)
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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

51% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Xero has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,638 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
2.0
Apr 24, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits Growing globally Great exec leadership in the US High potential for growth in the US although Intuit is the 800 pound gorilla.

Cons

Average salaries Growing slowly in the USA Poor engineering practices and system architecture No open t diverse work styles Overly middle management political Mediocre executive management Big company fiefdom building is a real problem that needs to be addressed Hiring practices leave a lot to be desired. Withdrawing offers and leaving great people hanging is not a good way to conduct business.

1.0
Mar 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Overall work environment stills "OK", despite recent degrading in work experience. - Nice team members - Generous PTO policy (....so far)

Cons

- Sometimes I wonder if being unemployed would be a better choice than working here. - IMO They're actively trying hard to make you quit and morale is down across engineering teams - Senior leadership and engineers are moving out and looking for other jobs - Multiple layers of bureaucracy if you want to get a PR done. A 2 days of actual work can easily become 1-2 months. It seems like working for a slow bank. - Productivity squeeze mode: They're changing performance frameworks every couple of months: Now you'll have to keep track of everything you're doing to justify your work (instead of actually being focused in... you know, working?). This can potentially create an hostile competitive environment between your team long term. The message is clear: Engineers (especially highly paid ones) are not welcome anymore. This company will end up with team full of devs who have no other choice and are ok with a 30k/yr + a few raspberries salary.

1.0
Aug 29, 2023

Just Not Good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very few, nice ideas and space.

Cons

Awful strange popularity vibes in SF office, a start up that grew fast and still had some of the early people throwing their weight around. The original CEO was fun. Don’t seem execute on values or do as they say. They’re trying I suppose. C for effort!

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