most unprofessional and terrible management - Software Engineer Canonical Employee Review

1.0
22 Apr 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

work from home. Some talented teammates (I said 'some')

Cons

The most terrible place I've ever worked in. The lack of appreciation for hard work resulted in the resign of talented employees .. High turnover, the management didn't care about it. Poor management, many managers don't have people management skills. Last year, many people quited, leaving behind a group of individuals who are now simply going through the motions. Due to the influx of new hires, these individuals who are coasting at work were promoted to the position of team lead. Avoid joining this place. Don't waste your time here.

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Canonical Response
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We are disappointed to read of your experience of working at Canonical. Whilst it might be your personal perception, it is untrue to say that we do not care when exceptional people leave Canonical. We put tremendous effort into selecting great talent and this is a topic that drives many of our people based initiatives. Additionally we do not have high turnover or attrition rates, in fact we have seen our overall attrition rate drop over the last year. We do promote opportunities to develop an individual's career and there have been many instances where good people have been promoted into leader roles. We are looking to design a more robust management and leadership programme that will be offered once ready. This is on top of the management training all our new joiners with management responsibility receive as part of their induction week training.

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