{"id":22393,"date":"2026-03-20T14:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/first-came-the-ai-teammates-then-the-layoffs-the-new-reality-for-atlassian-staff-now-looking-for-work\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:37:20","slug":"first-came-the-ai-teammates-then-the-layoffs-the-new-reality-for-atlassian-staff-now-looking-for-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/first-came-the-ai-teammates-then-the-layoffs-the-new-reality-for-atlassian-staff-now-looking-for-work\/","title":{"rendered":"First came the AI \u2018teammates\u2019, then the layoffs: the new reality for Atlassian staff now looking for work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018These AI agents have been really, really helpful,\u2019 says a former Sydney employee. \u2018But you couldn\u2019t use something like that to replace an actual human worker\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sacked from his \u201cdream job\u201d at software giant Atlassian, Rubio* wants just one thing \u2013 closure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were probably exceeding expectations and there\u2019s no explanation from the company as a whole as to why any of this happened,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/21\/atlassian-cuts-layoffs-staff-now-looking-for-work-ai\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fbee9c674fab7996a90993ff90afe249569212a9\/651_0_6827_5464\/master\/6827.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b8a094a8f0848532dbec30d65b4bc354\" title=\"First came the AI \u2018teammates\u2019, then the layoffs: the new reality for Atlassian staff now looking for work\" \/>\u2018These AI agents have been really, really helpful,\u2019 says a former Sydney employee. \u2018But you couldn\u2019t use something like that to replace an actual human worker\u2019<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nSacked from his \u201cdream job\u201d at software giant Atlassian, Rubio* wants just one thing \u2013 closure.<br \/>\n\u201cWe were probably exceeding expectations and there\u2019s no explanation from the company as a whole as to why any of this happened,\u201d he says. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018These AI agents have been really, really helpful,\u2019 says a former Sydney employee. \u2018But you couldn\u2019t use something like that to replace an actual human worker\u2019 Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Sacked from his \u201cdream job\u201d at software giant Atlassian, Rubio* wants just one thing \u2013 closure. \u201cWe were &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/first-came-the-ai-teammates-then-the-layoffs-the-new-reality-for-atlassian-staff-now-looking-for-work\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First came the AI \u2018teammates\u2019, then the layoffs: the new reality for Atlassian staff now looking for work<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22393"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}