Does Canonical pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Canonical employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Canonical. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Canonical?

48% of Canonical employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Canonical 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Canonical?

Software Engineer (93) , 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) , Project Manager (5) , Sales Executive (5) , Software Engineer I (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 67 reviews)); "Great colleagues and made friends for life" ((in 39 reviews)); "Good salary and pay ranges" ((in 29 reviews)); "It was great to work from home, and also to travel several times per year." ((in 28 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 35 reviews)); "men surrounding CEO and CTO" ((in 26 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 12 reviews)); "Some of incompetent and arrogant managers" ((in 12 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.

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3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(437 total reviews)

Mark Shuttleworth

41% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

2.5

Senior management

Canonical has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 437 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

437 reviews

3.0

Jun 1, 2026

Great team culture but fear in the wider company

Engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The department I worked in was fantastic, the people were great, the work was interesting and the culture within our teams was strong.

Cons

The wider company culture was one of fear.

2.0

May 23, 2026

Underperforming, oversized start-up disappoints

Stable boy

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Met some interesting people, had some interesting conversations.

Cons

Was constantly hearing bad stories about upper management. I only experienced the CEO expressing minor annoyance and paranoia a couple of times. My line manager always seemed to be treading water, fixated on dev-ops ceremonies, and didn't respect the opinions of his peers. The guy who was the "expert" for my field practised management by spreadsheet and was completely out of his depth, always obsessing about his approach to the work and inflicting his opinion on everyone else. Spent too much time having to plan for travel or hear about everyone's travel plans. Wasted so much time in the company's ongoing recruitment drive which pushes most of the work of interviewing and filtering candidates onto regular employees.

5.0

Apr 18, 2026

Happy with the job, but travel could improve

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

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