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 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Canva?

70% of Canva employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Canva 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Canva?

Software Engineer (145) , Graphic Designer (43) , Senior Software Engineer (40) , Frontend Engineer (19) , Product Manager (18) , 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 113 reviews)); "N/A Great benefit and cultural" ((in 67 reviews)); "growth company with great teams." ((in 41 reviews)); "Pay is good but not the best in the market." ((in 33 reviews)); "Free food and company events" ((in 33 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)); "They have awful office politics" ((in 14 reviews)); "Projects might get cancelled because of poor management" ((in 13 reviews)); "Limited career progression in certain functions" ((in 12 reviews)); "Managers are cliquey which isolates the ICs." ((in 10 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.

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3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(852 total reviews)

Melanie Perkins

85% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.4

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Canva has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 852 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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852 reviews

4.0

Aug 17, 2025

Great company with some growing pains

Operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They take their culture seriously and have put a lot of work into cultivating a nice and welcoming environment. Fairly well compensated with loads of perks although comp is less significant if you've joined in the last 3 years (versus early employees with lots of equity)

Cons

Lots of org shifts and figuring out how to adapt to being a larger company

2.0

Aug 17, 2025

Gone downhill so fast it’s hard to know where to start

Engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remote friendly, decent pay, fairly qualified peers, good collaboration at the lowest level.

Cons

Ever since the company started to hire managers externally the culture has gone seriously downhill and there’s not many promo opportunities. The top leadership were mostly at the right place at the right time, i.e. joined the company back when management was trained through internal promotion and everyone was working closely with the founders. Now it’s all backstabbing games on the mid-to-high level management, and the positions are very windy. All this is made worse by the fact that the company does random hiring freezes and team bonding budget freezes without proper explanation why. There’s talk in public and also internally about IPO, maybe it’s related but this has been going on for too long.

5.0

Aug 7, 2025

Nice place to work

Senior softwere engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Still keeps a relative good culture in the current market

Cons

Getting normal, from an exceptional company

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