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?

"People are great the vibe team are really an awesome bunch they care about the employees" ((in 115 reviews)); "N/A Great benefit and cultural" ((in 66 reviews)); "growth company with great teams." ((in 40 reviews)); "Pay is good but not the best in the market." ((in 34 reviews)); "Great work life balance as it gives you a lot of flexibility and freedom in time management" ((in 30 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 25 reviews)); "Projects might get cancelled because of poor management" ((in 16 reviews)); "They have awful office politics" ((in 13 reviews)); "Career progression is extremely limited, with little consideration given to employees’ experience or background when assigning work." ((in 12 reviews)); "Managers are cliquey which isolates the ICs." ((in 12 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

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

857 reviews

5.0

Jul 25, 2017

Great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lunches, parties, friendly colleagues and big challenges to solve. What more would you want?

Cons

Too many tim tams and too few healthy snacks.

5.0

Jul 24, 2017

Canva is great

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Great People * Great Food * Great Beer Normally this would describe a fun social event, but this happens everyday at Canva. In addition to all the 'perks', Canva also has: * Bold Mission * Great Founders * Great Tech Definitely the best place to work in Australia.

Cons

It is really hard to find anything to complain about. If you are on a diet, the temptations of all the food and snacks can be hard to resist.

5.0

Jul 23, 2017

Awesome place to spend your 9-5

Frontend engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Work with some of the smartest people - Management that puts user experience first, not just there to endlessly collect money from customers - Management that cares about the employees and makes sure everyone is happy - Lots of autonomy, you can manage your own work to be at your most productive state - Everyone respects your focus, they will not disturb you when you are in the zone and will ask questions via chat or email instead - Lots of perks (breakfast + lunch from in-house chef, snack bars, gym subsidy, latest Macs, etc.) - Everyone is happy to work here, there is a family vibe to the workplace - Lots of social activities via in-company clubs (burger-club? boardgames-club? wine-club? climbing-club?) - Flat company structure - Has great engineering practices and values, codebase is clean and mantainable, and now is using latest technologies

Cons

As the company is a fast-growing startup, it still needs to learn how to better manage ever increasing number of employees and put some processes to help those that needs some direction help. Fortunately it seems management has recognized this and started to put extra effort in this front.

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