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

(856 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 856 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

856 reviews

2.0

Oct 14, 2024

Different to before

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People, friends, niceness, free food in the office, clubs (but only ~4 times a month)

Cons

It's not the same employee-centred company as before. They dont care about your salary, you overtime crunch for 6 months at a time, the high up leadership say you need to get XYZ done, and you can't say no. All of our teams and surrounding teams are sacrificing our normal lives, relationships and sleep. No feedback gets heard. You're lucky if you get in one of the few carefree teams.

1.0

Oct 14, 2024

Overworked and toxic for software engineers

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good product, remote friendly, decent office, working with smart engineers

Cons

- Growth is slow for software engineers. Managers will hold a carrot on a stick and are unsupportive - Horrible processes, things move extremely slow despite having unreasonable deadlines - Work hours are getting worse, its not uncommon to work 60 hr weeks - Some teams are extremely toxic with high attrition, I've seen 5 people leave the company from one within the last 6 months. Toxicity is coming from group leads themselves. - Pay is not worth the stress, on-call rates are terrible despite getting woken up to alerts at 2am weekly. I had a better experience working at AWS.

3.0

Oct 11, 2024

People first company but lacks good leaders

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great flexibility, reasonable work hours, great perks, awesome product

Cons

lots of nepotism/politics. most leaders are those who have been in the company the longest, and they don't have a lot of industry experience so you won't really learn much from them.

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