Atlassian reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(3,616 total reviews)
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Mike Cannon-Brookes

41% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Atlassian has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,616 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Atlassian employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Apr 10, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting work if you can get onto the right team. Chances to become full stack developer and try out some new technologies. Some smart people to learn from if you can look past the ego it is coming from, at the same time. Well stocked kitchens. I would recommend to a friend as has the chances for some nice work, and looks like a nice stepping stone to something else in the future.

Cons

Getting on the right team can be difficult. Salary is low. Salary details are not shared (and for good reason as there is a massive different between salary for the exact same positions throughout the company) and it will usually take sourcing other employment opportunites to discover your true worth and get HR to do anything about it, if you are deemed worthy of keeping. And while the company considers itself very collaborative, this is taken to the extreme and unless you are able to self-promote every single thing you do, every single day, then no one will have any idea that you even exist ..... Worse of all though for me is the shifting goalposts. Performance reviews are quite a joke as they entirely depend on which team you work on, and how good a buddies you are with your Team Lead. Just doing excellent work is not enough, as even though, yes you fixed this stupidly outdated and broken process, but you failed to blog about it for 3 weeks prior to actually making the change and 2 people over there had an error this morning and instead of fixing it had to spend 1 hour figuring out who to blame (when they could have actually read the 1 blog that you did write (but 10 is better than 1 off course!) ..... Anyway, most of this stems from far too many people drinking the kool-aid on a daily basis, which in my opinion is caused by the fact that for the majority of people, they have never experienced anything else in their working careers.

4.0
Apr 7, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There's no shortage of interesting challenges and projects, and you are afforded a large amount of autonomy. The social aspect of the company is phenomenal and quite unlike any other I've worked for.

Cons

Lack of guidance and mentoring sometimes masquerades as "autonomy". Sunken cost fallacy can take hold, and projects either reach a local maxima or can drag out far longer than they need to as a result.

5.0
Apr 6, 2016

Atlassian has ruined me as an employee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Awesome company culture * Agile methodology applied at all levels and departments * Free lunch * Top of the line laptop provided (with your choice of Mac/Windows/Linux) * Focus on Work/Life Balance * Competitive salary level * Free health/dental/vision/life insurance There is more, but I have to stop at some point

Cons

* No real career paths

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