Becoming a more and more toxic workplace - Software Engineer Atlassian Employee Review

2.0
14 Apr 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great pay - The company hires skilled and capable employees - The projects can be interesting depending on the team

Cons

Echoing what other reviews are saying, since the introduction of APEX and stack ranking, I've seen the culture shift from encouraging growth and creativity, flexible working, and a work-life balance, to one that is competitive, cut-throat and unsustainable. I've seen peers getting PIPs or threatened to be put on PIPs if they don't work harder, others working until night or on weekends just to get an advantage, and an atmosphere of constant fear and stress.

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5.0
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Good TC package -Great team to work with with good leadership direction -Growth/Expansion Mindset

Cons

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3.0
30 Apr 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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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.

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