Atlassian Reviews

Pros

Culture, flexibility, and tons of smart people

Cons

Times are tight / slightly stressful given economy

Pros

Amazing people, I loved the core values, competitive salary, great benefits

Cons

I want to start by saying I am not bitter or angry. Working for Atlassian was a whirlwind. I was there for 11 months before being laid off via email. In my time there, I went through 2 re-orgs and 3 managers. It just always felt like being on a hamster wheel… in a hurricane. Today I received an email 7 weeks after I was laid off that started with, “ Congrats on your first year at Atlassian—we know that's a huge accomplishment and are beyond thrilled to be celebrating with you!” It was a bummer to receive that, to say the least, but it included a link to leave this Glassdoor review to “ help provide invaluable insight to future candidates and help us to improve your experience as an employee continually.” so here I am. My advice is to do proper change management of your automated emails when you layoff 5% of your workforce so that emails like this aren’t sent to hard working former employees that you eliminated congratulating them on a milestone they never reached. I know this wasn’t intentional, but it hurt.

Pros

- Great medical, dental, and vision benefits - Full Remote opportunity - Unlimited Vacation - Decent pay (if you negotiate your worth upfront) - Blogging culture -

Cons

- Managment doesn’t understand strategy - Promotions are non-existent or take too long - RSUs are not worth much with the stock plummeting - Key areas of the company are not built to scale (still) - Atlassian fails to listen to its customers - New imported leadership are bringing values from other companies that are less transparent and rank employees against each-other. - Atlassian is in a free-fall and losing its best people as we speak because of poor middle management and a lack of trust at all levels. - Problems persist because certain people have been in their positions too long and have tunnel vision. -Company culture is in an identity crisis free fall.

Pros

- Company really lives up to its 4 core values. People are genuinely nice - i.e. you won't find jerks here. - Hybrid working schedule is a big plus - and you're only obligated to come if you're team will be in the office (this can vary by team/manager). If there is personal work, it's totally fine to skip coming into the office (even for an entire week) and work remotely. - Feedback is heavily encouraged, whether from managers or peers. Setting up 1:1s is pretty common. There is no territoriality seen with some more established tech companies, - The company is big on documentation of findings and analysis, which is a major boon for those seeking to learn

Cons

- You have to be your own salesperson in terms of publicizing your analytics work through blogs, presentations, etc. - People are incredibly busy on the immediate that long-term needs of the organization can get neglected - Some managers may overemphasize process and ticketing documentation which can be a burden (unlike analysis work)

Pros

The business is very strong. Companies can't suddenly quit Jira. There were a lot of very smart people who worked here. Remote work is probably here to stay. Many teams report that the work is easy. I like my manager, and my team. If I didn't, I would have quit months ago. Atlassian gets two stars instead of one because I haven't experienced malicious incompetence, just the regular kind. Some tech employees have it worse than we do.

Cons

The business being very strong doesn't translate into pay or even respect for the people who work here. Atlassian leadership completely abandoned our values six months ago, at the first hint of a "challenging macro environment". If layoffs were even necessary, they were necessitated by our founders' reckless hiring spree. Yet, there has been little to no accountability for the overhiring (mandated by founders), the customer-hated product experience (enabled by founders), or the declining revenue growth (ignored by founders). Not only has there been a lack of accountability, the executives have the audacity to double down and say the reason we're not doing well (defined as the stock price not endlessly soaring) is because individual contributors are working too slow. Mike and Scott were fantastic at running a company with a thousand people. They haven't hired the right people to run a 5,000- or 10,000-person company, and we still have them along with multiple layers of management weighing in on minor decisions. We've paid consultants to come in and tell us how to scale, then ignored their recommendations. Stack ranking in performance reviews is phenomenally stupid, and will be the death knell for a famous culture that has been in a tailspin since February 2023. We reorganize every six months, then wonder why we move so slow. The data organization is a shock to people who come from modern tech companies. In terms of practices and technology, we're so far behind it's hard to believe. The people are fine, even good, but the C-level doesn't have a clue how to build a large company. It's surprising how fast things went south here. I left a glowing review a couple years ago, and that was my experience. It turns out everything I was working for was wasted. I've seen the work of hundreds of people mis-allocated or ultimately unwound because of a change in strategy, which many of us foresaw long before it happened.

Pros

- Great benefits (healthcare fully paid, $1000 home office set-up stipend, $250 learning stipend, $600 wellness stipend) - Working with global colleagues -In-person offices are amazing - Solid products with name recognition

Cons

The Atlassian written about previously in 5 star reviews is now dead. We're experiencing major growth pains as we try to rapidly scale but only flounder. There are teams that still have no goals, KPIs, or vision. I have never experienced more incompetency from leadership in anywhere I've worked. They recently laid of 500 people seemingly at random. Teams can no longer function as a result and leadership is completely lost. The culture has soured to the point where people weaponize values and stab each other in the back to stay afloat. Incredibly toxic. I'd leave if the job market wasn't so horrible.

Pros

- Very transparent organization. There is a huge Confluence instance that the entire org uses for their work. Everything (including a lot of financial data) is open by default. - Teams are empowered to solve problems in ways that work for them - Everyone really is very supportive of one another - Benefits are awesome. Fully paid health insurance, $1K home office setup, $600 yearly fitness stipend, 5 Month (!!) Parental Leave is unheard of in US companies

Cons

- Its a large company, could be easy to feel like a cog in the wheel - Team culture is what you make of it (not really a con). Teams can create awesome environments, or ones that are just ok to work in. - Lots of growth which can mean lots of new folks and changes

Pros

Atlassian is truly one of the best companies I have had the opportunity to work for. Atlassian's live by the company values each and everyday, they are always top of mind for us on every endeavor. Management is incredibly transparent and ensures all employees are aware of what is going on. When I first started at Atlassian, I was thinking "what did I get myself into?" as I was surrounded by so many intelligent employees, I wasn't sure how I got hired. What I have come to learn is yes, everyone at Atlassian is ridiculously intelligent but we all have our own skills to bring to the table (this helped me gain some peace of mind that I was not hired on accident). Yes, Imposter Syndrome is a real thing here but everyone from employees to top management understand that. Our CEO spoke at a Ted Talk on imposter syndrome which helped me gain assurance that I was exactly where I needed to be.

Cons

Atlassian is fueled by go-getters who are looking to be the change in everyday activities. If you are looking for a job where you can get by doing the bare minimum, this company is not for you.

Pros

Incredible energy and drive from the folks that work here. Great sense of ownership.

Cons

Too much concern around gathering consensus and by in before making decisions.

Pros

Atlassian was a terrific company to work for with great values, and because of that they have a large base of incredible employees and teammates.

Cons

They are in a downward spiral culturally and hurtling towards Amazon culture circa 5 years ago. What was once a company that attracted new employees with its culture is now becoming worse than some of its American counterparts. An absolute shame compared to what it once was