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Principal Backend Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Atlassian for 1 year
August 24, 2025
Mountain View, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  • Great compensation (although the stock price is sinking)
  • Full remote job
Cons
  • Toxic performance reviews: engineers are competing with each other.
  • No common IT/dev support; you're on your own.
  • Lots of red tape to access data, causing a 3-week delay on any projects.
  • AI managers don't trust engineers and micromanage every project.
  • Lots of friction in inter-team collaboration caused by performance reviews.
Advice to Management

APEX performance reviews are killing the motivation of engineers. Properly reward successful projects and stop rating on a curve!

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
1.0

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