Mastodawn

Interesting article about Atlassian and the experiences of staff.

My view is the company is probably borked and will only get worse. They have clearly been on a downward trajectory for a few years now.

The pivot-to-AI will probably backfire too.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/21/atlassian-cuts-layoffs-staff-now-looking-for-work-ai

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First came the AI ‘teammates’, then the layoffs: the new reality for Atlassian staff now looking for work

‘These AI agents have been really, really helpful,’ says a former Sydney employee. ‘But you couldn’t use something like that to replace an actual human worker’

The Guardian

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Jude🇵🇸5d ago

@troberts Son was saying last night that it seemed totally random, with performance or length of time in the company seemingly counting for nothing. Very badly handled, and morale is very low. He summarised it as really sad.

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Dread Pirate (Tom) Roberts 5d ago

@sister_ratched I hope he finds a good alternative.

@troberts 🤞🤞🤞

@troberts
This is not the way. How incredibly disrespectful

“Those affected found out through a sudden email and a video from Cannon-Brookes, and then were given some time to say goodbye to colleagues over company Slack messaging channels.”