From woke to broke - Senior Software Engineer Xero Employee Review

1.0
Jul 11, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good people - Good focus on mental health and work/life balance - Good product with a strong following

Cons

- Senior leadership completely detached from the customers and employees, only concerned with stocks and shareholders. - No cohesive long term strategy at high level, given the standard "attract more customers" and "make more money". - Mid level management provide "freedom" by basically expecting teams to come up with ways to "make money" and then check in every quarter and critique teams for not "making enough money" - Low morale after reset - Pay could be higher for the work - Good place to start a career, not a great place for senior roles or parents (except in middle management)

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5.0
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Pros

Great culture and solid benefits

Cons

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3.0
May 1, 2026
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Pros

The team is super smart and everyone knows their stuff well. If you see an opportunity, you can take it and do it. Flat structure, less authority means you can experiment and do as much as you want.

Cons

There's not much of an onboarding, so you have to figure things out. It can feel very sink or swim. Also, you have to work across many different time zones as well, because the team is global. Also, people have very short fuses if you don't pick things up quickly or not as smart as them.

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