Large company with god work life balance - Senior Software Engineer/Team Lead Xero Employee Review

4.0
22 July 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Xero is a large company and your experience will certainly differ by team & region. Generally, the work life balance is good. It is a very remote work friendly place - There are times when you will have to work with teams in different time zones, but this is done async as much as possible. People are friendly Company performing well overall

Cons

Due to some layoffs & changing work culture post covid, there are gaps left that have yet to be filled in terms of ownership and knowledge, Many of the people I work with are newer to the company. Average compensation and benefits.

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5.0
24 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture and solid benefits

Cons

Could be a bit chaotic at times

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1.0
30 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Xero has a great product and a lot of very passionate employees who work very hard for their customers.

Cons

The executive leadership at Xero is creating a toxic, backstabbing culture that promotes yes-men at the expense of honest dialogue. It's impossible to make decisions at the company, and multiple rounds of layoffs are leaving all employees shell shocked and fearful. Marketing teams are under-resourced while more demands are constantly being placed on teams to do more. When constraints are communicated, employees are blamed for them, rather that listened to. Multiple colleagues have said the same thing. Additionally, management has instituted a 'rank and yank' policy where everyone is graded on a forced curve, where the bottom quarter are immediately put on a PIP.

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