Is Atlassian a good company to work for?

Atlassian has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 4,097 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months. 47% of employees would recommend working at Atlassian to a friend and 30% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Atlassian have been left by employees working as Intern , Senior Recruiter and Software Engineer Intern .

Does Atlassian pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Atlassian employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Atlassian. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Atlassian?

47% of Atlassian employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Atlassian 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Atlassian?

Software Engineer (610) , Senior Software Engineer (279) , Senior Support Engineer (81) , Product Manager (66) , Technical Support Engineer (65) , Software Developer (58) , Engineering Manager (52) , Program Manager (50) , Support Engineer (47) , Principal Software Engineer (41) , Senior Product Manager (37) , Software Engineer(Internship) (34) , Product Designer (33) , Data Scientist (29) , Senior Data Scientist (29)

What are the pros of working at Atlassian according to real employee reviews?

"Great Culture and try to make sure they follow culture values at all level of the company." ((in 578 reviews)); "The people are great and there are heaps of interesting engineering challenges that keep things interesting." ((in 381 reviews)); "I believe this is due to the fact that people do follow the Atlassian Values. 5. Benefits are great." ((in 348 reviews)); "good work life balance and" ((in 251 reviews)); "The pay is good and top in market" ((in 230 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Atlassian according to real employee reviews?

"bad management and can be boring" ((in 110 reviews)); "Engineers are not very skilled and they hide their inefficiencies in the name of bad leadership and culture." ((in 97 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs including quiet layoffs (so much for “open company, no bulls" ((in 69 reviews)); "No growth opportunity" ((in 20 reviews)); "Poor upper management, focused on the wrong things" ((in 19 reviews))

What are employees saying about Atlassian layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Atlassian layoffs and their outlook for job security at Atlassian in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Atlassian locations?

San Francisco , Austin , Mountain View , New York , Seattle , San Jose , Boston , Los Angeles , Chicago , Washington , Charlotte , Dallas , Raleigh , San Diego , Atlanta , Salt Lake City , Phoenix , Detroit , Houston , Sunnyvale , Bellevue , Portland , Texas City , Indianapolis , South San Francisco , Denver , Miami , Nowhere , Remote , Edison

Atlassian reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(3,629 total reviews)

Mike Cannon-Brookes

41% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.0

Career opportunities

2.9

Culture & values

2.4

Senior management

Atlassian has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,629 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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4K reviews

3.0

Nov 25, 2025

Used to be a good place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is still a good thing at Atlassian.

Cons

There's no collaboration between Engineering teams. Sometimes it feels like it's not about how great an idea or solution, it's about how's coming up with it. A problem is not a problem until a specific person says it's a problem. Lack of Product Managers direction. It feels like PMs are not talking to the customer to understand their pains and come up with a roadmap that addresses customer's problems. Atlassian is not customer centric anymore.

4.0

Nov 23, 2025

Best place to work

Product designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are great, smart people

Cons

Became very corporate, high pressure performance reviews

2.0

Nov 23, 2025

Inherited Meta culture, employees pay the price

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Candid Review for Fellow Developers After another year and a half under the current performance review system, I realize my last assessment was too generous. While some budget cuts and tightening were inevitable given the market, the level of distrust management shows toward long-tenured engineers is staggering. There’s a constant, demoralizing assumption that you can always be replaced by someone better and cheaper. The Good: * It’s still remote-first (unless you're a new grad). * You will work with some brilliant people, though the current stress levels are pushing many of them to the breaking point. * We make a few products that people actually use, which is nice. * The pay (both salary and TC) is still very competitive.

Cons

The Reality (Why I'm Leaving): * The company is now actively pushing back on work-life balance. Expect near-constant pressure to work more. * Management has doubled down on a brutal 'sink-or-swim' culture with heavy, unforgiving performance processes and an expectation that people will burn out and leave. * There's a lot of talk about "developer joy" while the core issues—massive technical debt and a bad imbalance where Product overrules Engineering—go completely unfixed.

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