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Horrible experience, don't join!

Full Stack Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Atlassian for less than 1 year
October 3, 2025
1.0
Doesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

It’s a remote role; you can work from home.

Cons

Everything went downhill in 2023.

They started with a generous layoff, citing "macro economic" conditions. For some reason, instead of another round of layoffs or asking folks to volunteer to leave, they changed a whole bunch of stuff.

All these changes happened at the end of the year, so there was no opportunity to adjust. Everyone was blindsided.

They changed how performance is evaluated at year-end, and a bunch of people ended up on PIP. They said they would no longer cover 100% of the premium for health insurance because other companies weren't doing it.

They got rid of M1s, forcing them to either transition to IC or be promoted to M2. Some M1s left.

Multiple engineers have complained about the CTO, Rajeev. He posts about focusing on developer productivity and developer joy, but he barely has a relationship with the engineering team. Tons of people believe he was the reason for most of the changes that degraded the work environment.

In an effort to PIP people ASAP, they went from yearly performance reviews to every six months.

Advice to Management

H1Bs should not be managers. They tend to favor other H1Bs internally.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
1.0

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