Atlassian reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(3,616 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 3,616 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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1.0
Jul 18, 2015

Don't believe the hype

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Free food, free beer and whiskey. Great place to work if you want to get bombed on a regular basis. Also, if you are a white male, this is really the place for you, especially if you miss that fraternity culture of people who "get you" (wink, wink) and understand how to kid around. You will love it here!

Cons

See all the five-star reviews starting from about nine months ago? Want to know why? Someone noticed, "Oh my gosh, we are getting bad reviews on glassdoor.com" and decided that something MUST BE DONE about this. So, that person, being an Atlassian True Believer wrote a blog and then everyone said, "We must fix this! I know, we'll all go online and write five star reviews!!" And then HR said, "I know, we can get on the bandwagon too, let's buy into the sponsored profile thing on Glassdoor so we can promote ourselves." And Mike and Scott sat back in their glass houses and said, "Whew, that's under control." And if you think I am making this up... I am not. If you want to join a cult and tow the party line, this is a great place to be.

1.0
Jul 12, 2015

Atlassian is where ambition goes to die

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Smart, friendly co-workers and a nice downtown office location. Plenty of time to slack, not do much of anything and be promoted for it. Just stay happy and abide by the illustrious company values.

Cons

Too much politics, and nonsense. People landing senior jobs because of relationship, not experience or skill. These same managers routinely chastise the (smarter) members of their team just to keep employed, knowing they're unemployable at any other company. To be honest, if you have something to offer, look elsewhere.

5.0
Jun 24, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Incredible office space, location, and view (downtown Austin) - Extremely "lax" environment - People at every level (even the founders) are extremely friendly and very open to discussion ("no bullsh!t" value is very well respected) - Lot of focus on office culture & events including family and friends as well as work-life balance - Benefits and compensation match industry best

Cons

- Can be pretty demanding at times, depending on which team you're on - Sometimes the focus doesn't seem to be in the right place - Products have become pretty complex and we're losing out on some market due to more polished, less functional competitors

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