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Atlassian – Life at Atlassian

So what exactly is it like to work at Atlassian? We work hard aiming to meet our mission every day, but we also know how to have fun.

Learn about:

• Staff events that happen during a year
• Our office culture and perks
• the Atlassian Foundation

Events

Selling software is an important business, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun doing it. There are many reasons to party during the year, and we try to take advantage of every one. Here's a sample of some recent Atlassian events.

SF Holiday Party — December, 2007

The San Francisco crew chose for their holiday event a night of great food and jazz at the newly opened Yoshi's on Fillmore in San Francisco. With the mezzanine all to ourselves, we celebrated in comfortable lounge chairs and sofas with plenty of drinks, Japanese food and awesome company! The jazz concert topped off the evening.

Family and Friends Day — December, 2007

The extended Atlassian family was out in force at Bicentennial Park to enjoy the sunshine and a great bbq lunch. The jumping castle was a highlight and Santa even put in an appearance.

See more photos from the day.

Melbourne Cup Lunch — November, 2007

The equine flu and the rain couldn't damper the spirits of the Sydney Atlassianites as we headed across stormy seas for our annual Melbourne Cup Lunch. Everyone scrubbed up very well, there is after all, only one day a year when you have to wear a suit at Atlassian. Our CFO even managed to win the best hat competition.

See more photos from the day.

Cutlassian — August, 2007

Avast, me hearties! It be Atlassian's end of finanical year pirate treasure hunt.

Watch the boneshakin' action. Or if ye dare to be seekin' more details of how we did the day check out the captain's log.

See more photos from the day.

BIT Sponsor Breakfast — July, 2007

Atlassian's Sydney office hosted a wonderful barbeque breakfast for UNSW (Univeristy of New South Wales) BIT (Business Information Technology) students. The breakfast provided the students with the opportunity to explore the industry and learn more about their career options.

The BBQ breakfast was followed by a two hour presentation. The presentation covered Atlassian's history (Scott), open source in enterprises (Don Brown), a day in the life of a developer at Atlassian (Edwin — 2005 UNSW BIT medalist), software organisations (Soren) and ended with a talk on Atlassian 'inside out' (John Rotenstein).

See more photos from the day.

Atlassian's 5th Birthday — April, 2007

Atlassian has reached the grand old age of five years old! This was definitely an occasion to celebrate, and we did so in style at our San Francisco and Sydney offices.

The San Fran staff piled into a stretched SUV to take a tour of Sonoma where we had a wonderful time playing bocce and frisbee golf. Most importantly, we improved our palates with delicious wine from the Landmark and Ravenswood wineries and great sandwiches from Follini & Eichenbaum.

See more photos from the day.

The Sydney staff headed on over to Crystal Bar at GPO Sydney for a night of cupcakes, cocktails and dancing. The party was complete with a spontaneous "founder sculling competition" and the time honoured tech tradition of a video to showcase our growth of the past 5 years.

See more photos from the night.

Office environment

Being productive in your job is greatly impacted by the environment you work in. That's why we try hard to provide the best work environment possible.

• Our offices are light, airy and open plan to promote a casual, friendly, productive work environment. No ties required!
• From huge LCD screens to large desks to ergonomic Aeron chairs, we strive to give you tools to do your job brilliantly.
• Perks are as important to us as they are to you — free soft drinks, juice, beer, tea, fruit, chocolate, ice cream and more, all to be consumed at your desk or on comfy couches.
• For developers, we have dedicated pairing rooms, FedEx days and various group training exercises.

Our Sydney offices have recently moved to the heritage listed Corn Exchange building. The Corn Exchange building was built in 1887 on the corner of Sussex and Market Streets and is the earliest remaining market building in Sydney. It was designed by the City Architect, George McRae, who later designed the Queen Victoria Building.

Sussex St at Market St c.1900
Reproduced courtesy of the City of Sydney Archives

Aside from being a beautiful building to work in (with bike racks and showers!), our staff have been settling in and enjoying their new surrounds. Whether it be off playing soccer or basketball or refining their poker skills and Wii techniques.

Atlassian Foundation

We care deeply about the various environments and ecosystems that Atlassian exists within. We take corporate social responsibility very seriously. Don't get us wrong — making great software is important, but so is making sure those efforts don't adversely impact others.

Environmentally, we try to minimise our company footprint by using renewable energy in all our offices and recycling waste where possible.

Educationally, we sponsor scholarships at local universities and high school student art programs.

Charitably, we've recently launched the Atlassian Foundation — a non-profit aimed at bringing all the company's charitable activities under a single entity.

The goal of the Foundation is not just to provide money to worthy causes, it's also about time and employee empowerment. It is about making sure our employees can direct broader corporate philanthropy, not just senior management.

As an example, any Atlassian employee can spend up to 5 paid work days a year working for non-profits or charities of their choice.

Check out some of the volunteering efforts that our Sydney and San Francisco staff have been up to.

(Note: no staff or animals were harmed in the making of this page. All merriment is genuine and unscripted. Yes — it is possible to have fun at work!)