Awesome company, tough but fair interview process - Anonymous employee Atlassian Employee Review

5.0
Feb 23, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- The teams build products in the right way (But of course as with any software development it doesn't always go to *plan*) - Design is starting to be at the heart of product development, which is great. - Great office space right in the heart of Sydney - Sit / stand desks and herman Miller Chairs (Makes a big difference) - Loads of couches and private areas to move around the office to sit and work - Great social events and team building - Values that are actually lived and breathed in day to day work rather than just stuck up on a wall - 5 days paid volunteer leave per year. Awesome to be able to help local charities. Interview process - I was asked to facilitate a workshop and go through a design exercise. This was great to actually go through a practical exercise. - I had 5 face to face interviews in total. Why so many? I work in a senior cross-product role so was asked to meet a bunch of the teams I would be working with. - The other interviews were standard Q&A sessions, along with a portfolio review.

Cons

- As above, sometimes things don't go exactly to plan - Atlassian is a great place to work but we still have similar problems that face many software development teams. - Design is becoming more important in the product development process, but we still have some work to do here.

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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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