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'

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Sacked from his dream job" at software giant Atlassian, Rubio* wants just one thing - closure.

We were probably exceeding expectations and there's no explanation from the company as a whole as to why any of this happened," he says.