used to be great - Product Manager Xero Employee Review

3.0
Nov 24, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good work/life balance. flexible wfh policies. can work with some awesome teams

Cons

toxic environment, too many products, not enough direction. trying to build for a global product but not recognising each region has specific ways of working and harder to translate to other parts of the world

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5.0
Apr 24, 2026
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Pros

Great culture and solid benefits

Cons

Could be a bit chaotic at times

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1.0
Jun 30, 2026
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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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