– Life at Atlassian
Atlassian is a fast paced and exciting work environment that stays true to our entrpreneurial roots. We work hard everyday to create useful products that people lust after, but we also know how to have fun.
So what exactly is it like to work and have fun at Atlassian?
Bike to Work Day in San Francisco – May 2009
Yesterday San Francisco celebrated Bike to Work Day. A celebration of biking, healthy lifestyles and green living, Bike to Work Day attracted over 200,000 bikers in San Francisco to leave their cars at home and commute on two wheels.
We have roughly a dozen cyclists in our SF office and a few of us decided to get together and bike down to the Bay for lunch at Red's Java House for burgers and fish and chips.
Here's a short pictorial of our trip:
Atlassians head out from the office. From Left to Right: David (JIRA Support), Me (Community Manager), Adam (JIRA Support), Peter (Confluence Support) and Jeremy (Confluence Support Lead):
Jeremy took Ken's bike out for the ride. Ken, being of Nordic heritage, is a giant, which posed some particular challenges for Jeremy to even get onto his bike:
With everyone geared up and ready to go, we made the 20 minute bike ride to Red's, sat out on the water, soaked up the view and got our lunch on:
Bike to Work Day is officially once a year, but you don't have to wait for next year to roll around to hop on your bike and get fit!
'Tis the season to be jolly – December 2008
The extended Sydney Atlassian crew was out for Christmas celebrations at Bicentennial Park earlier this month. It was a scorcher of a day, but we still filled it with plenty of sports, presents, BBQs, and sugary goodness.
See more photos from the Sydney Family and Friends Day.
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The SF crew headed to Yoshi's for a night of cocktails and sushi. We had such a good time there last year, we just had to go again. This time we finsished the evening listening to the wonderful music of the Charlie Hunter Trio.
See more photos from the SF Holiday Party.
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Happy Holidays everyone!
A video about Atlassian's Core Values – November 2008
While seeking inspiration for something to do for our regular FedEx Days (especially since I'm not a developer), I had the idea of making a Common Craft-like video about life at Atlassian.
Alas, that turned out to be too hard (boy, those Common Craft folks are great!), so instead I put together a video about Atlassian's core values. And, rather than write a script, I just let my fellow staff explain things...
That's the voice of our VP of Engineering singing in the background — we're a multi-talented bunch. :)
Melbourne Cup at MezzaLuna – November 2008
Melbourne Cup Lunch is a long standing tradition at Atlassian, and this year it rolled around again to much cheering, champagne sipping and fine millinery. Sydney Atlassians headed out to MezzaLuna at Potts Point to enjoy the company of their workmates, the great city views and a fabulous lunch.
This year we had so many people we had to book a whole restaurant to ourselves! One of the benefits of having over 100 people in the Sydney office means that our photography hounds have increased - check out their amazing photos from the day.
Note: suits, ties and silly hats are strictly for Melbourne Cup Lunch at Atlassian.
Regular office dresscode has now resumed and is being strictly enforced - jeans, t-shirt, shoes (optional)
Trick or Treat – November 2008
Fancy your JIRA support issues being solved by Morpheus?
How about your next office event being planned by Sarah Palin?
SF halls were filled with the weird and wonderful - there was a zombie princess and Harry Potter, not to mention Elton John's pimped-out cousin who stole Christmas. I mentioned it was Halloween right?
Want to see more?
Check out what we've done in the past
(Note: no staff or animals were permanently harmed in the making of this page. All merriment is genuine and unscripted. Yes — it is possible to have fun at work!)
