Great technical company - Software Engineer Canonical Employee Review

5.0
Dec 5, 2012
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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5.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jul 23, 2026
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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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