Xref Reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

Lee-Martin Seymour

58% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Xref has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Xref employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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43 reviews
1.0
Jun 24, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Salaries are above market value -Easily accessible location

Cons

- The worst morale of any company I've ever worked for - There is absolutely no direction, no targets, no strategy, no leadership - C level has no integrity. You will not hear from them for months and then they will fire you over the phone with no warning. They sit out of Australia so anyone in any satellite branch is incredibly disconnected from everything. - The job itself is not stable. They do mass layoffs constantly, the place is a revolving door regardless of performance. With no direction, they do not care about making you successful, they fire indiscriminately. If you need a stable job, I advise staying away, no matter how nice the offer looks. - Especially when you start the environment is hostile. Employees know that no one stays long, so they aren't friendly.

1.0
Sep 6, 2020

There are better workplaces - trust me!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people seem nice. Lovely offices.

Cons

- There is a messy structure. - For a small business, management are disconnected from the day-to-day working of the business hence unaware of the underlying mess. - It was made clear to me the CEO changes priorities very quickly. It's difficult to harness your job fully & effectively. - Management need to do more training on respecting their people. - Moving goal posts instills an element of unease and instability. - It's a typical cut throat sales environment. More so given it's a small business. - They promote themselves to be bigger than what they actually are with a majority of the company located in Sydney. In reality they're quite small with family members working within key areas of the business.

1.0
May 17, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Beautiful views - Great talent acquisition - Monthly company lunch - Good people working there - Coworkers willing to help and guide new hires - Always paid on time - Friday drinks

Cons

- Most of the 5 star ratings are fake or staged. Xref deserves a 3/5. - While location is beautiful, it's not great if you're commuting, add 20 minutes to your usual city commute. - Poor work-life balance, they'll say that you have certain flexibility but in reality they'll judge you and imply that you should leave late, or take work home. - Experts at crushing motivations. If you join the company with expectations of developing your ideas and dreams, they'll soon be crushed by upper and mid management. You'll realise that decisions are taken on a whim with very little planning. Your expertise will simply not be considered but you'll be held accountable if something that concerns your position goes wrong. - Priorities change depending on CEO's mood (which is very volatile). - Disguising the truth is something CEO and the rest of C- levels are very good at. One day they'll tell employees that the company is successful and that numbers are up, while the next day they will lay off half of a team and don't tell anyone. - Upper management considers employees as lower class citizens that don't deserve their trust and therefore they feel like they need to micromanage.

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