Does Canonical pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Canonical employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Canonical. This rating has improved by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Canonical?

49% of Canonical employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Canonical 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.3 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 60 reviews)); "Great colleagues and made friends for life" ((in 37 reviews)); "Work from home, plus the technologies used are amazing." ((in 32 reviews)); "Good salary and pay ranges" ((in 30 reviews)); "Good pay" ((in 17 reviews))

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

"Very poor management only driven by person interests." ((in 36 reviews)); "men surrounding CEO and CTO" ((in 26 reviews)); "Some of incompetent and arrogant managers" ((in 14 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)); "I don't enjoy being at a company where people are afraid to talk to senior leadership and swap horror stories when they're not around." ((in 9 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?

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Canonical reviews

3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

(440 total reviews)

Mark Shuttleworth

40% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Career opportunities

2.5

Senior management

Canonical has an employee rating of 3.2 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

3.0

Sep 18, 2014

Good life balance, but low technique content.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Good life balance, famous company behind Ubuntu. * Can do interesting user space development.

Cons

* doing boring routine jobs when you are in the oem(mainstream) team.

5.0

Aug 26, 2014

Great and spontaneous

Field engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of freedom in the job. No micro-managing from management. Company encourages employees to think out of the box and learn new things outside of their regular duties.

Cons

Not necessarily a con, but, you definitely have to be resourceful in that if you want something fixed, often times you have to do it yourself. Some customer-facing roles have no defined formal escalation paths to get technical issues addressed in a timely matter.

4.0

Aug 7, 2014

Great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Quirky Start up culture Lost of very smart people to collaborate with. Ability to create your own path if you are focussed and determined. Awesome work location in City Free fruit, Drinks and Friday Nights on the roof terrace 11th floor are fun.

Cons

Quirky Startup culture No benefits - it used to pay slightly higher than industry norm to cover this but not the case anymore

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