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 decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Xero?

53% of Xero employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Xero 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Xero?

Software Engineer (95) , Customer Experience Specialist (90) , Senior Software Engineer (67) , Account Manager (60) , Product Manager (46) , Software Developer (34) , Senior Engineer (30) , Senior Account Manager (28) , Engineer (23) , Sales (22) , Product Designer (19) , Developer (16) , Lead Engineer (15) , Intern (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 304 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 243 reviews)); "Good Benefits and snacks and close to a subway station in the middle of the city." ((in 70 reviews)); "Great teams and awesome product mindset" ((in 56 reviews)); "Great office to work in with quite a few bonuses" ((in 40 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 59 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 australia" ((in 47 reviews)); "Starting salary is low compared to other companies" ((in 38 reviews)); "Many managers appear more invested in their own visibility and advancement than in the growth or wellbeing of their teams." ((in 38 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 , Philadelphia , Atlanta

Xero reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(1,661 total reviews)

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

44% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.2

Culture & values

3.0

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Xero has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,661 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

3.0

Jul 23, 2026

Great humans, but pay could improve

Workplace experience coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing and kind humans! Everyone is genuinely there to work with you and there are no brilliant jerks or egos.

Cons

Pay and salary is not competitive compared to our AI tech companies.

1.0

Jul 22, 2026

Not even the CEO believes in Xero

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remote work is still an option, when many companies are going back to in person.

Cons

Leaders don't care about their employees. Managers are allowed to game the system for annual reviews to give their teams the raises and bonuses they want, regardless of actual staff performance. Everything must be AI, regardless of what customers want or need. Focus is on building shiny new toys instead of fixing core accounting system issues, and what's shiny changes every few months.

2.0

Jul 21, 2026

Technology offers variety, but care for engineers all but gone

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free soda/coffee/fruit - although not really ground breaking these days Working hours feels reasonable flexible - although part of me wonders if this is more that leadership just don't care enough to question Technology - good place to experience lots of tools/services/integrations, however rate of change and flip flopping of prioritisation might mean you only scrape the surface before being moved along. IA adoption - strong push for everything AI; can be both exciting and terrifying at the same time.

Cons

Xero has lost its heart amid asipirations to be like the big boys in the tech world. Brutal push on AI adoption and itemising value per employee to justify an engineers worth is eroding any sense of humanity and wellbeing that an engineer may have had. No consideration for wellbeing/health of individual and/or the team itself. If an engineer doesn't get the right amount of visibility with the right members of leadership then its a quick walk down the exit path regardless of their competence. Career development not given any consideration (and activly avoided), unless you are just moving through the traditional paths (eg Engineer -> Snr Engineer -> Lead/Principal Engineer).

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