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      4.0
      Feb 12, 2013
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Opportunity to work with other bright people on projects with some of the world's largest technology and IT companies for some of the world's largest IT users - Strong technical capabilities - Opportunity to stay current with latest trends and emerging opportunities. - Strong community and awareness supporting the popular Ubuntu operating system. - Opportunity to work from home in Canonical's highly distributed company. - Opportunities to see new places at periodic Company gatherings. - Growth opportunities in tackling new challenges.

      Cons

      Working from remote office can be challenging. (With colleagues around the world someone's always working and depending on your role you could be "always on call.") Requires personal discipline to stop working and focus on personal life. Takes more personal effort to know what's going on, avoid feelings of separation and isolation.) I missed live social interaction with colleagues.

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      5.0
      Apr 18, 2026
      Associate software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      very good. happy so far

      Cons

      could be better, like the time of application to final round

      2.0
      Jan 5, 2026
      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      > Highly visible open source company > O.K. pay and benefits > Twice yearly trips to interesting locations > Intelligent and mostly caring colleagues > Getting to put Canonical on your resume will help your career

      Cons

      > Toxic leadership style trickles down to the middle management. They're ruthless and single-minded (and extremely intelligent) at the top, and those seem to be the traits that get people promoted. The promotion process is also hilariously involved, and if you don't perform they'll demote you. > Insane interview process - mine took something like four months to complete, represented like 40+ hours of my time, and was considered average. > Twice yearly trips for grueling weeklong sprints. > The company only hires the best so, if you're used to being very good at your job, here you'll only be average at best. > Stack ranking - bottom X% of employees after each biannual review are placed on a PIP. > From what I saw, there are no "personality hires". Morale is expected to be derived solely from the company-paid work trips and the experience of getting paid to create open source software. Maybe this is unavoidable for full-remote companies, but it gets gloomy. > The video-on calls with your team and other teams will take up several hours of every single day, good luck finding time to actually get your work done during the day.

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