Atlassian reviews

It's a company founded by and for developers, so if you aren't a developer then it's easy to feel left out. (I can't just stop doing my job for the fun hackathon; if I stop doing my job then things break, badly.) Many in the company also tend to forget that incremental improvement is sometimes a better option for change than doing all the things at once. There's so much to be done that it's disturbingly easy to overextend. Teams can be a bit scattered geographically, which makes collaboration difficult, and there's a very strong bias in favor of Sydney when it comes to promotions, thought leadership, and meeting scheduling. Everyone is encouraged to speak their mind, and many tend to do just that even when they have no idea what they're talking about.

The flip side of being constantly showered with treats and events is the spoiled sense of entitlement that can grow within the ranks. This is especially noticeable among the newer starters, of which there are more and more every week. Atlassian is filled with very smart people who like being right. This also means the levels of snark and argumentativeness are sometime unbearable. While knowledge sharing across divisions is encouraged, it’s becoming less and less frequent. Silo mentality has well and truly set in after so much rapid growth. Almost every team is doing things in different ways. Sometimes it feels as if the company has bought into its own marketing hype, and has lost a sense of perspective about what actually makes it a good company. A few months ago there was a company-wide announcement that staff should go and leave good reviews on Glassdoor, as if a sudden flurry of positivity out of nowhere wouldn’t look suspicious at all. A message like that indicates common sense going out the window.