Sometimes stressful but generally it's alright - Software Engineer Atlassian Employee Review

3.0
17 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good money & decent benefits. Free breakfast and lunch at the office, including drinks! People are generally friendly. Projects can be fun to work on.

Cons

Can be very stressful at times due to high workload and short timelines. Executive leadership makes questionable decisions nowadays. Some that come to mind: - Introducing APEX - Laying off 10% of the company with strong revenue - 3 years policy to be promoted to Senior or you're on PIP (wtf - Buying out a web browser company Culture seems to be falling off as a result, and it doesn't seem to be recovering anytime soon. Online reviews speak for themselves.

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5.0
14 Apr 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
30 Apr 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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