Started incredible, but new American focus changed everything - Marketing Manager Xero Employee Review

3.0
Jun 12, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

When I first started in this role, the culture was top tier. Very open, authentic and transparent workplace. Maternity leave benefits are six months, extra leave is wonderful, hours are what they say they are.

Cons

New American focus really changed the vibe. Huge redundacies and lack of transparency in the process. Left team with not enough resources, and some of the best people were let go. Productivity dropped as a result.

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Pros

Great culture and solid benefits

Cons

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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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