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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
3.0
Oct 23, 2012

Very mixed - can be a startup experience without the financial rewards, or drudge work

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of smart people, potential for interesting work and technology for the right person in the right place. As long as you're enthused and energized it can be very rewarding. The company suits top notch hackers with diverse skills and unbounded enthusiasm.

Cons

Packaging OSes has a lot of drudge work around it. A lot of positions in Canonical are quite tedious. The more interesting work is around the company's effort to redefine itself as a products company. However, those efforts seem very scatter-gun.

5.0
Jul 27, 2012

A great place to work.

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most positions are 100% telecommute. A good level of autonomy. Smart, hard working coworkers. A general environment of self and corporate improvement.

Cons

If you aren't self-motivated you may struggle if you are not in an office environment.

5.0
May 19, 2012

A great place to work

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice teammates, nice manager, nice working environment and relationship within the team. It's really a great place to work here.

Cons

Seems the high level management didn't have a clear roadmap. Or we could better use the what we have to make something big.

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