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?

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

3.2

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

4.0

Jul 12, 2017

Good engineering, poor management/focus

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

working on open source products interesting technology highly competent colleagues travel opportunities

Cons

lack of focus on/respect for users dogfooding is required but feedback often ignored unrealistic view of marketplace privately owned, with volatile owner

4.0

Jun 14, 2017

Good company to work with

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good working conditions, flexible working hours and good salary compared to other companies at the same level.

Cons

The senior management team seems detached from the team so their opinions/orders might not be suitable to the real situation.

5.0

Nov 8, 2015

Great company to work with

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent technical leadership, very friendly people

Cons

Nothing I can think of

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