Jul 14, 2015
Canonical
Anonymous employee
Canonical reviews
3.3
51% would recommend to a friend
Mark Shuttleworth
43% approve of CEO
48% positive business outlook
Canonical has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 440 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).
Race / Ethnicity
Gender
Sexual orientation
Disability
Parent or family caregiver
Veteran status
Reviews by job title
440 reviews
1.0
Jul 8, 2015
Great engineers, clueless management
Current employee, more than 5 years
Lexington, MA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
- Good salary - Working from home - Travel around the globe for conferences and sprints - Great colleagues, some become real friends for life - Great engineers, the main reason why the company still exists
Cons
Only way to get a good salary is when you're hired, so do try to negotiate a high salary (it's quite hard to find great engineers that are happy to work for Canonical nowadays, so they can only hire by paying high salaries). Management is just horrible, disconnected from reality and always changing focus (with terrible project management practices). Every time the company is about to finish a product, the great dictator changes direction again, killing everything for some other crazy ideas. 10 years and the company is still not profitable, hard to find success with such history. The fearless leader is just clueless, always killing great business opportunities when they arise, but getting back to the same requirements after there is no other business around the topic anymore. Always trying to recreate projects that are not relevant, spending a huge amount of resources (Mir is the best example, and still unjustified, instead of working with other options such as wayland). There is also lack of respect and abuse, specially with the founder. He loves to micromanage and play with people, without showing the proper respect (and the main reason why a lot of talented people left over the last few years). The only reason why the company is still around is because the engineers are always saving the bad decisions done by management (the only issue is that most of the greatest engineers are all gone, and they can't easily hire people anymore).
4.0
Jul 3, 2015
Great Team Work - Highly focused and passionate founder
Anonymous employee
Current employee
London, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
The company has hired very highly-talented, intelligent and passionate individuals. They offer a very flexible work arrangement for most. The Inside Sales team is based in the London headquarters. There is some flexibility around working from home and work hours. Working in the office has it's perks, though - FREE water, coffees, teas, cold soft drinks, biscuits and most importantly fresh fruits every day of the week! There are also always amazing sales from the fashion/magazine companies that are based in the Bluefin building. The Bluefin building has a subsidised restaurant on the 11th floor and in summer you can eat in the garden on the 10th floor while looking at amazing views of London. The management is very responsive and helpful. Immediate management is very solutions- and problem-solving-oriented and does everything to help the team succeed - out of the box thinking is always encouraged. Lots of freedom in the job and no micro-management, which is very refreshing. The Inside Sales team has a great and highly ethical attitude towards work and reaching the targets - definitely great team work and wonderful colleagues. Great team nights out with the sales team every now and again - lots of fun (responsible fun, of course!). Great team work between departments, too. Inside Sales does a lot of calls with management, Field Sales and Solution Architects or Engineers on the telephone. This team work is always encouraged and also very helpful, as it assists Inside Sales to get a better understanding of the technology and the internal processes - mostly very flat hierarchies. Sales Sprints every 6 months in ever so exciting cities: Austin, Brussels, Malta etc. - a great opportunity to visit different cities and to learn all about the company's roadmap and new product features. OK base salary and bonus for Inside Sales, but great work-life-balance. Definitely a start-up mindset in the company. We are part of amazing technological projects. The team is constantly learning new things, as a good grasp of the technology is expected by the founder.
Cons
* High turn-over of staff - it seems that all the great people are offered positions at other companies * Highly passionate and demanding founder, which is also a positive, as he encourages and spurs us all to learn all about the technology to become better in our roles
Viewing 403 - 405 of 440 Reviews
