Very mixed - can be a startup experience without the financial rewards, or drudge work - Software Engineer Canonical Employee Review

3.0
Oct 23, 2012
Recommend
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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.

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5.0
Apr 18, 2026
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Pros

very good. happy so far

Cons

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4.0
Jul 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging technical work. Remote work flexibility. Amazingly talented colleagues

Cons

Improvement company processes and policies still a WIP, with possibilities of tentativeness till details ironed out

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