Atlassian reviews

- CONSTANT reorganizations, layoffs, company direction changes. Every 3-6 months, there is a large change that will negatively impact how you work. The last layoff that occurred in March 2026 impacted individuals in high priority roles that had been with Atlassian for 7+ years, which in turn slowed or fully stopped large scale projects. - Team headcount becoming leaner every quarter, workload increasing even more. Expect to see people leave and not have a backfill come in. If you are on a team of 3, you will be expected to have an output of a team of 10 and your timelines will become even tighter. This is of course leading to mass burnout and long term employees leaving in droves. - APEX and stack ranking. No explanation needed. - Little to no career growth. If you're aiming for a promotion, be prepared to work well outside of your role responsibilities for several years, and be prepared to write your own packet for a possible consideration. Promos are incredibly hard to get for most ICs in the Creative Brand/Marketing department, and teams are limited to a certain number of promotions each cycle (meaning if your teammate gets promoted, you will not be eligible until next time). There are teammates that have been overperforming in their roles for 5+ years that have been turned down for promos with reasons of "not being the right time" or their accomplishments being them "doing what is expected".

APEX review cycles are exhausting, not helpful, and promote a culture of stack ranking, uncertainty, and the opposite of “play as a team.” My manager even said APEX “what looks good” is a moving goal and is hard to nail down - how is anyone supposed to grow when you don’t even know how you’re being measured? APEX has become toxic, it’s a real shame as it wasn’t always like this (4+ years ago). You can feel the AI race panic across the company. Using AI for every single use case doesn’t really need to happen to make any sense. When basic things need to be ran through Rovo or APEX becomes essentially two chat bots speaking to one another - you know you’ve gone too far. It’s a real shame seeing a company you used to love have these hire and fire rounds. I’d love to see some additional forethought into hiring before having one of the busiest quarters hiring only to be followed by a layoff the very next quarter.