Great at first, but turned into drama and mismanagement - Anonymous employee Atlassian Employee Review

2.0
Oct 30, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company is very open and progressive. Employees are treated well and given a lot of independence. Free beer, sandwiches, and other perks abound.

Cons

Despite its shiny office and startup attitude, this is a big corporation full of politics and drama. Employees are expected to attend many corporate events, with no invitation extended to the family or spouse. Employees are encouraged to drink at work regularly. There is no clear career progression. Talking to your managers or coworkers about advancement is often confusing and because of the lack of opportunities, competitive.

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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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