Great place to work, really lives up to the hype - QE Team Lead Atlassian Employee Review

5.0
7 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The benefits are great, but what's amazing is that there are truly talented people working there and you get to work with the best and grow so much. They say that 1 year at Atlassian is 3 anywhere else and I can say that without a doubt I've grown more at Atlassian, and faster, than anywhere else. And the company believes in you and lets you take chances and doesn't punish failure or bad ideas.

Cons

It has changed a lot, you can feel that the core of the company has shifted from a Sydney startup to Silicon Valley, most of the high ups are now in California and things feel more and more things enterprise. We are talking decision not based on gut and previous Atlassian experience, but rather because that's how they do things in Silicon Valley companies. Not saying that's a bad thing, it's probably important for the company which is needed. But it's a shift in culture and a focus away from the Sydney office. The pace of work can be insane, not a lot of overtime, but rather so many things going on at such a pace that it can make your head hurt.

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Pros

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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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