Toxic environment, cutthroat performance culture, no job security - Marketing Atlassian Employee Review

1.0
7 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Generous salary, RSUs, company bonuses and perks Opportunities for travel (when budget allows) Fun ITGs onsite Talented, helpful team members

Cons

Cut-throat performance management system (APEX) - bottom-rated employees are PIP’d and exited regardless of impact Frequent layoffs including quiet layoffs (so much for “open company, no bulls***”) Expectations are not communicated clearly, and management keep changing them as CYA tactic and justification for PIPs. Learning curves are penalised instead of coached through. Team leads deliberately block important information to “test how you navigate ambiguity” You are expected to navigate the company structure with next to no guidance, under the guise of “being able to navigate ambiguity”. All whilst, ironically, creating ambiguity in the first place. Goalposts frequently moving making it impossible to meet APEX goals, which then blocks career progression

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

I want to start by saying I am not bitter or angry. Working for Atlassian was a whirlwind. I was there for 11 months before being laid off via email. In my time there, I went through 2 re-orgs and 3 managers. It just always felt like being on a hamster wheel… in a hurricane. Today I received an email 7 weeks after I was laid off that started with, “ Congrats on your first year at Atlassian—we know that's a huge accomplishment and are beyond thrilled to be celebrating with you!” It was a bummer to receive that, to say the least, but it included a link to leave this Glassdoor review to “ help provide invaluable insight to future candidates and help us to improve your experience as an employee continually.” so here I am. My advice is to do proper change management of your automated emails when you layoff 5% of your workforce so that emails like this aren’t sent to hard working former employees that you eliminated congratulating them on a milestone they never reached. I know this wasn’t intentional, but it hurt.

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