Atlassian

Every team I've been on has been wholly supportive of protecting work/life balance. The company, for the most part, also stays true to its values of doing right by customers and keeping a culture of open communication.

As someone who did not traditionally graduate with a CS degree, comes from a marginalized background, and is a woman, I also felt very welcome and respected as any other, compared to other engineering workplaces.

One popular criticism amongst current employees is that Atlassian is trying too hard to become like Meta, in the form of changing engineering culture as a response to falling revenue.

As a result, I've lost a lot of direct support to advance my own career goals and have been pushed for months to take on more experimental and data analyst responsibilities.

Compared to my peers outside of Atlassian, it feels like I haven't done actual software engineering in months.

Unhappy engineers will continue to worsen employee retention.

When most engineers at the company haven't been around for longer than two or three years, the quality of our most utilized product offerings will continue to suffer.

Then, more and more companies will look to our more modern, lightweight, and affordable competitors.