Atlassian reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(3,617 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 3,617 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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5.0
Feb 3, 2022

Good Company

Recommend
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Pros

* One of the best companies I've ever worked at. * Surrounded by incredibly smart, talented, and passionate people. * You will work with and learn industry-leading, bleeding edge technology. * Competitive benefits. * Strong brand to leave with on your resume (provided you can actually take something with you in terms of new skills or experience). * This place has culture. I don't know how to put it into words, but it was there. Maybe it's because the company had its roots in uber-nerdy, tech geeks, and they stayed that way (and also took the company to what it is today!)

Cons

* Absolute grind, like a steamroller. I saw many a good employee burned out by the long hours. Finance team specifically has long hours, demanding deadlines, and will get no sympathy from anyone. I often looked around and certainly didn't see sales ops or marketing being forced into the same deadlines or workload. Finance really feels like the whipping boy of the company. Seriously, I thought "burnout" was a joke that weak people used as an excuse, until it came time to leave this company and I honestly thought I had lost my ability to work -- focus, energy, everything. * The Bay Area office really harbors some serious nose-in-the-air liberal culture. The company takes a stand on every single issue, people in the office look down on you for using a trashcan (rather than a recycling bin or compost -- why would you even use something that can't be composted or recycled??). Upside -- it makes for really entertaining discourse when the Poland office is asked to take the same stand, when they may not necessarily harbor the same values. I just want a workplace, not a political rally.

4.0
Jan 26, 2014

A company in the midst of growing pains

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Probably the most fun company that you'll be around. There is politics, but for the most part, you are valued for what you have to contribute to the table. The amount of transparency is staggering: it's not every company where any Joe Blow can query the company data warehouse or simply ask what the top secret project is. Atlassian has some of the best people working for it that you'll ever find, and I genuinely look forward to coming into work. It's exciting times, if you like building new stuff or breaking new ground, and I've not stopped learning since I've gotten here.

Cons

Like many companies that are explosively growing, things don't always scale up fast enough. Like many of the other people here, I'll point out that not all is right with Kansas, and there's some spring cleaning that needs to be done of some of the cruft. I would say that there's a lot less cruft than I've seen elsewhere, but I'll certainly acknowledge that it exists. For other cons, it takes a tremendous amount of energy to course correct, though this is kind of a first world problem. Most other companies wouldn't even offer you the option to course correct, but Atlassian does-it just takes a lot of patience and asbestos suits. Compared to the outside, Atlassian compensation kind of blows, but there are some nice perks to make up some of it. It really is a pleasant place to work, but you can make more elsewhere.

2.0
Jan 31, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The pay and remote work- thats pretty much it.

Cons

Run, do not walk, away from this company. I’ve never seen management add less value but scapegoat, undermine, and deter employees more if they are not “well liked”. Top performers beware.

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