No longer an NZ company, but that's not a bad thing - Product Manager Xero Employee Review

4.0
14 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

More aggressive performance culture with metrics and impact tightly measured. High impact = high performance = high renumeration. Established product with a lot of rapid growth now in place. Lots of longer term strategic plays being made gives me confidence in the 3-5 year old look

Cons

The previously low bar for candidates has meant a fair number of low quality employees (and likely the ones complaining now). The bar has been raised but many of these employees are still around. Your performance and growth is very dependent on your manager and the area of the business you are in. The overall leadership structure has gotten quite bloated and needs to be flattened.

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5.0
24 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great culture and solid benefits

Cons

Could be a bit chaotic at times

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1.0
30 Jun 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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