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      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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      440 reviews
      1.0
      Sep 5, 2023

      WORST COMPANY EVER - Don't apply here.

      Technical support engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Met some great people but they are too great to be working here. Some interesting projects . My manager is great but upper management does not give a rats butt about the people at the bottom.

      Cons

      Terrible experience even in the application process to get the job. They ask for proof and specifically ask for your CSAT, GMAT, scores, High School & College GPA, school you went to and even for awards. SCHOOL does not make the person. Please replace who ever is running your HR. Terrible onboarding process when hired.

      1.0
      Nov 11, 2023

      Horrible CEO and CTO Ruin a Great Company

      Director of engineering
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The most technical coworkers who truly care.

      Cons

      The CEO is a horrible person. He will threaten to fire you often, micromanage all projects with no knowledge of the project, he will expect you to fly three continuous weeks per quarter to have him yell at you and berate you. His CTO is inexperienced, but mimics the CEOs brutal tactics because he is a sycophant.

      1.0
      Mar 6, 2022

      Terrible Toxic CEO

      Technical support manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work from home and decent salary

      Cons

      - Toxic CEO who bullies employees - CEO moonshots constantly fail he doesn’t listen to his employees - CEO abuses open source community and claims to support community but just uses them for free labor and talks internally about reducing investment in community

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