Atlassian

• Top talents
• Exciting product
• Code is clean and engineering practice is good
• Focus on engineering and innovation

• Very political (at least in the current team), very surprised to find that it is so much more political than any of my previous experience. If you happened to be "liked", then all good, but if that's not the case, then good luck.

• Very team-dependent. If you are unlucky and are allocated to a team where the manager does not really support you well or the team culture is not so good, it would be very hard for you to progress.

• Not very inclusive. For example, some people with loud personalities are more welcomed and become popular, but this is not the case for some other people.

• Too much depends on presentation, meaning just doing things is not enough. You have to show and "brag about it" in order to gain recognition, reputation, and visibility. This is understandable, but it is a bit much.

The manager evaluation process needs to be reviewed and improved. There are too many things being swept under the rug.

If a toxic culture is not identified and removed or improved, it would behave like cancer and endanger Atlassian values. We need some kind of "immune system" to identify the hidden threats and eliminate unhealthy team culture.

People are afraid to talk about the truth (bad things happening in the team). HR does not know the context and favors the manager. The manager's manager? Well, that depends. That's why people are not willing to talk, and threats are not surfacing.