Does Canva pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Canva employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Canva. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Canva?

72% of Canva employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Canva 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Canva?

Software Engineer (147) , Graphic Designer (43) , Senior Software Engineer (40) , Frontend Engineer (19) , Product Manager (19) , Designer (14) , Marketing (14) , Freelance Illustrator (12) , Customer Happiness Specialist (11) , Engineering Manager (11) , Data Scientist (10) , Analyst (9) , Copywriter (8) , Product Designer (8) , Project Manager (8)

What are the pros of working at Canva according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to learn from and be inspired by" ((in 112 reviews)); "N/A Great benefit and cultural" ((in 64 reviews)); "Great and supportive team :)" ((in 38 reviews)); "Free food and company events" ((in 33 reviews)); "Pay is good but not the best in the market." ((in 31 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Canva according to real employee reviews?

"Poor Leadership and if you're not in the "club" then you're out" ((in 24 reviews)); "Projects might get cancelled because of poor management" ((in 17 reviews)); "They have awful office politics" ((in 14 reviews)); "Managers are cliquey which isolates the ICs." ((in 12 reviews)); "Career progression is extremely limited, with little consideration given to employees’ experience or background when assigning work." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Canva layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Canva layoffs and their outlook for job security at Canva in 2026.

Canva reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(857 total reviews)

Melanie Perkins

86% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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Canva has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 857 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Canva employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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857 reviews

5.0

Jun 5, 2018

Amazing people, culture, opportunities for change.

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart friendly people, product focussed, everyone's opinions matters.

Cons

Although there are instances of employees switching roles, it's quite rare.

3.0

Jun 4, 2018

Was not ready to exponential growth

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great atmosphere, smart people, great product, good work/life balance

Cons

1) Very product oriented. Why it is a drawback? Because everything is concentrated on product/interface features. If you work on backend or infrastructure you are on the side of the world. 2) Exponential growth led to ineffective processes and infrastructure, infrastructure really sucks, pull requests can take from couple of days to several weeks to be reviewed. 3) Authoritarian people in tech management - even senior newbies are treated as grads, they will teach you from scratch not relying on your previous experience. 4) Flat structure, no career growth

4.0

May 10, 2018

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Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Flexibility, Smart people, great product roadmap

Cons

It is in Surry Hills and I live out west

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