Atlassian

• Remote work (becoming increasingly rare)
• Nice, hard-working, smart teammates
• Compensation and benefits
• It's a job and you get paid

Constant stress, a biannual performance review cycle that takes days/weeks to complete for ICs and managers.

Maybe it's not that bad if you can manage your tolerance for this toxic BS and just churn out PRs to boost your own metrics. People are literally jumping at quick PRs to change a couple lines of code.

Projects are a mess with unclear direction and requirements. Roadmaps and meeting-filled days of constant syncs where things inch along with tight deadlines – who even sets these? I trust that most of the people I work with directly are well-intentioned, but overall, it's a mess and we rarely know what's going on.

So many internal politics and people trying to look good.

It's now common for people to suddenly disappear without a trace (obviously PIP'd for performance). I was close to a teammate who got PIP'd. Their manager basically bullied them for a few weeks, never satisfied with anything they did, and it was a losing fight for my teammate.

Even though teammates are nice, it's not in your favor to be too helpful. Ultimately, you're pitted against your peers.

Values are completely backwards. I joined for the values and really believed in them at the start, but now I'm just exhausted and burnt out. I know this isn't uncommon across the company. It's probably best if you care less – try to set work-life boundaries.

AI all the things.