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Canonical

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Canonical reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(441 total reviews)

Mark Shuttleworth

43% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Culture & values

2.6

Senior management

Canonical has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 441 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Canonical employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

441 reviews
4.0
Feb 12, 2013

Small, dynamic company behind Ubuntu Linux operating system.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Opportunity to work with other bright people on projects with some of the world's largest technology and IT companies for some of the world's largest IT users - Strong technical capabilities - Opportunity to stay current with latest trends and emerging opportunities. - Strong community and awareness supporting the popular Ubuntu operating system. - Opportunity to work from home in Canonical's highly distributed company. - Opportunities to see new places at periodic Company gatherings. - Growth opportunities in tackling new challenges.

Cons

Working from remote office can be challenging. (With colleagues around the world someone's always working and depending on your role you could be "always on call.") Requires personal discipline to stop working and focus on personal life. Takes more personal effort to know what's going on, avoid feelings of separation and isolation.) I missed live social interaction with colleagues.

4.0
Dec 17, 2012

An energetic start-up that listens to it's staff but is growing way too fast

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, both based in offices and remote (work from home). Lots of opportunity to carve your own path in the company and make product suggestions and enhancements. Great technology and ideas on howto adapt it. Company meetings and developer meetings yearly face-to-face. Good office locations.

Cons

Not well organised and constantly changing. Lots of middle management with little added value. Teams are pushing Ubuntu to many different areas which ends up with little focus on each area. Company has grown rather large without necessarily making any more money.

5.0
Dec 5, 2012

Great technical company

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

At some companies, there are always a few people that obviously can't hack it, and yet somehow are able to coast. Not at Canonical. If you can't hack it, you're going to end up leaving, because we move at such a rapid pace. The work is interesting, there are always new opportunities and new problems to solve. It's hard to be bored here.

Cons

There tends to be a fluctuation in what Canonical is focusing on, because they are so young. Sometimes they aren't focusing in the right way, sometimes they are focusing to broadly, and sometimes it takes a few months to realize there's an adjustment needed (but it *always* happens, and we work through it).

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