Does Canonical pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Canonical employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Canonical. This rating has improved by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Canonical?

51% of Canonical employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Canonical 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Canonical?

Software Engineer (95) , Engineering Manager (20) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (14) , Senior Software Engineer (12) , Sales (11) , Director (8) , Manager (8) , Product Manager (8) , Technical Support Engineer (8) , Software Developer (6) , Software Engineer I (6) , Project Manager (5) , Sales Executive (5) , Cloud Operations Engineer (4) , Engineer (4)

What are the pros of working at Canonical according to real employee reviews?

"I'm excited about the role & the people I was interviewed by (and my new team members) are great." ((in 62 reviews)); "Great colleagues and made friends for life" ((in 42 reviews)); "Good salary and pay ranges" ((in 32 reviews)); "work from home, no accountability and easy job by top down culture which I do love" ((in 30 reviews)); "Good pay" ((in 19 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Canonical according to real employee reviews?

"Very poor management only driven by person interests." ((in 35 reviews)); "men surrounding CEO and CTO" ((in 25 reviews)); "People are affraid of managers." ((in 15 reviews)); "Demotivating and destructive upper management, no real strategy, constant diversification into new lines of business without real success in any single one, unprecedented churn." ((in 14 reviews)); "No training or induction to speak of" ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Canonical layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Canonical layoffs and their outlook for job security at Canonical in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Canonical locations?

New York , Austin , Boston , Denver , Lexington , Washington , Indianapolis , Jacksonville , Remote , Huntsville , Chicago , Lansing , Dallas , Kenyon , Kingsport , Morocco , Long Beach , Los Angeles , San Mateo , Mountain View , Scotland , Seattle , Philadelphia , Fort Mill , America , Naismith , Germany

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Canonical reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(440 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 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).

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Reviews by job title

440 reviews

2.0

Jul 15, 2025

Lower Your Expectation

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the colleagues are nice (of course, except me, I am trolling all the time). Diversity (well, I hate it, it's just so politically right).

Cons

People here are really obsessed with "EAT YOUR OWN DOGFOOD" and over engineering everything.

4.0

Jul 9, 2025

canonical is great but offers low salary

Snr. software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They have the best working team.

Cons

They have a long interview process

3.0

Jul 4, 2025

Could be better, not as bad as many say

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours, not always under pressure

Cons

CEO is smart but the company wants to have a saying in low level stuff and it's driving someone crazy

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