Atlassian return to office policyRemote-first.
Atlassian's 'Team Anywhere' policy has no required office days. Employees can work from anywhere in a country where Atlassian has an entity, in time zones broadly aligned with their team, and offices are optional gathering spaces.
Days in the office
- Policy
- Remote-first
- In effect since
- August 2020
- Announced
- August 2020
- Industry
- Tech
- Headquarters
- Sydney, Australia (US office: San Francisco, CA)
- Checked
- Reported October 2026
What the policy says.
- Employees need the legal right to work in that country and broad time-zone alignment with their team.
- At launch, reporting said employees were expected at their nearest office only about four times a year.
- Atlassian said over 80% of employees visited an office at least once a quarter (2023 data, published Jan 2024).
- In 2025, about 95% of employees visited an office, and Atlassian runs its offices as an optional 'product.'
- Atlassian's head of Team Anywhere has called set office days 'the illusion of choice.'
How Atlassian's policy changed since 2020.
March 2020
Employees move to remote work.
August 2020
'Team Anywhere' announced: work from home or office, no mandated days.
December 2023
Fortune reports time-zone alignment rules for remote hires.
January 2024
Atlassian publishes data showing most staff visit offices quarterly.
Sources and how sure we are.
ReportedReported by major outlets, but not every detail is confirmed by the company.The 2026 confirmation is indirect: a March 2026 newsletter citing 2025 data. The launch month comes from news reports at the time.
- 1.Atlassian remote work, but only in the right time zones Fortune, December 21, 2023
- 2.Team Anywhere: Lessons Learned Atlassian, January 2024
- 3.Atlassian Team Anywhere (working from home) SmartCompany
- 4.Why Some Workers Are Ditching 9-to-5 Schedules (Atlassian item) Flex Index, March 24, 2026
Days a week are for most US corporate employees; some teams, roles and countries differ. Spot something out of date? Email hello@forgot.dev.
Other tech employers, side by side.
- Amazon5 days a week, since January 20255
- Dell5 days a week, since March 20255
- X (Twitter)5 days a week, since November 20225
- Intel4 days a week, since September 20254
- Snap4 days a week, since February 20234
- Apple3 days a week, since September 20223
- Expedia Group3 days a week3
- Google (Alphabet)3 days a week, since April 20223
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Questions
Does Atlassian require employees to return to the office?
No. Atlassian's 'Team Anywhere' policy has no required office days. Employees can work from anywhere in a country where Atlassian has an entity, in time zones broadly aligned with their team, and offices are optional gathering spaces.
How many days a week does Atlassian require in the office?
Remote-first: there's no office requirement for most roles, as of October 2026.
When did Atlassian's current office policy start?
It took effect in August 2020, after being announced in August 2020.
What was the latest change to Atlassian's office policy?
January 2024: Atlassian publishes data showing most staff visit offices quarterly.