Archives for the tag: Life at Atlassian

Reason #17 for working at Atlassian: Friends & Family Day

For one night only North Sydney Oval, turned from cricket ground to Atlassian Fairground folly and Twilight Cinema. Our closest friends and family held the V.I.P passes, opening the gates to a free carnival of inflatable rides and giant lawn games. The adults ruled the Charlie cornhole, while the kids owned the dinosaur slide and kicked-ass at Giant Jenga. In between the fun and games, our personal Mr Whippy van made sure all the kids (and kids at heart) had enough ice-cream to

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We're excited beyond words to announce that our unique "causium" model has produced more than $2.5 million in donations to Room to Read, a Bay Area non-profit dedicated to improving literacy and gender equality in education for children around the world. So what's our secret? Start small and think long-term. We reached this milestone in increments of just $10 through our unique 'starter licensing program' or Causium model (the mash-up of freemium with a 'cause') where teams of ten

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Charlie Dusts Off his Passport! Charlie loved New York City.  He had a great time meeting the customers there and filling up on thin crust pizza.   He got a new passport and headed off to Toronto and London for week three of the roadshow.  He's enjoying taking photos with our customers.  Charlie had an awesome time seeing the Toronto Blue Jays as well as the CN Tower.   He also got a good dose of the London weather on the other side of the Atlantic.  He particularly liked Big Ben as well

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And We're Off! Charlie made his way around the office and a few spots in San Francisco.  We caught up with him at Lombard Street which is the most crooked street in the world!  He then stopped in at the Atlassian office in San Francisco for RoadTrip. Our first stop for RoadTrip connected us with some great customers in San Francisco, including Build.com, Kixeye, Charles Schwab, and Broadcom. We even met with 7 CS students from Belgium who want their university to start using Atlassian tools

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How to Become the Most Popular Guy at Work

Like a lot of tech companies here in the Bay area, at Atlassian San Francisco, we roll out the beer and wine cart every Friday afternoon. Except that our beer cart is actually a beer bicycle driven around the office by a new hire, who hand-delivers a cold tallboy to every employee who wants one. At a rapidly growing office of 150 people, it’s a great to make sure everyone meets face to face! The problem Organizing our beer cart delivery is simple, but flawed. It’s up to each new hire

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