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 299 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 229 reviews)); "Good work life balance for employees" ((in 100 reviews)); "Good Benefits and snacks and close to a subway station in the middle of the city." ((in 86 reviews)); "Great teams and bright people" ((in 63 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 61 reviews)); "Senior leadership are so overconfident in their decisions that they get visibly angry when questioned about their laughably poor decisions" ((in 48 reviews)); "Pay is low compared to australia" ((in 42 reviews)); "No Career Progression or its not clear enough" ((in 37 reviews)); "Starting salary is low compared to other companies" ((in 35 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

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

Jun 23, 2026

Free snacks can't outweigh toxic management and instability

Customer experience specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free drinks Free food Sometimes a reward cupboard visit

Cons

CEO is destroying the company. Now doing tier systems and pushing out staff. Micromanaged Putting people who have been there for years on PIP to push them out Toxic management who spread gossip Lies and negativity throughout the company No progression No flexibility

2.0

Nov 17, 2025

Ver old school silicon valley management

Lead engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of nice people to work with Flexible hours Some areas of the business are good to work in

Cons

Such old school practices introduced by the new management from the USA Read the phoenix project, although it's set years ago this is exactly what happened at Xero in the present day. Lots of people ill suited to managing people.

2.0

Mar 8, 2016

Hipocritical culture and underqualified managers

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work/life balance. Cool offices and facilities. Personal budget for education. Growing cloud company.

Cons

Hipocricy is a part of the culture. Salary is considered as the least important motivator and consequently salaries are pretty average if not low. The opportunity to solve challenging problems and work in awesome company is considered to be already a reward, so you don't need more money in addition to it... A lot of meaningless positions are being created and many weird promotions are happening while people who push everything forward get no more than "thanks for great job".

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