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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).

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

440 reviews
1.0
Apr 17, 2025

Poor management from the top down

Software engineer i
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Open source, Linux and *some* incredible people.

Cons

Sadly the company culture is awful. Mark doesn't trust his team, and this creates ripples through the whole company. Mark will be directly involved in countless product decisions, couple this with company-wide not-invented-here syndrome and you have a recipe for disaster. Middle managers are largely incompetent, you will meet some incredible people during the hiring process but don't be fooled into thinking you'll get to work with them. My advice, stay away.

4.0
Apr 12, 2025

Good experience

Ingénieur logiciel
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good team, good teammates, good products.

Cons

None really worth speaking about to be honest

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