Changes, changes, changes... - Anonymous employee Canva Employee Review

3.0
Aug 28, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a reason to brag about! It's Canva! Everybody knows it! Also it's a very inclusive company, doing a lot of good stuff for communities around and keeps good work-life balance :)

Cons

Couple of years ago cut salaries for engineers in half. If you are a non-technical role. You're welcome, managers, coaches, leaders, managers of coaches, leaders of managers, internal coaches are more than appreciated. You have no clue what those roles really mean? You are not alone! It's a shame when company forgets about developing the product and switches into filling spots, just to impress investors with large number of employees. Like rest of companies which went though this path, Canva'll have to go down to realise again that designers/programmers/testers are the core of the product, rest of people are support. There is no application from forwarding emails back and forth, creating meaningless sprite sheets disconnected from real metrics, or looking and statistics without clue of understanding reasons.

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3.0
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Pros

Product is beloved by users. Brand affinity is second to none which makes being a marketer a lot of fun. Genuinely good and caring coworkers who want to build something great. Hiring bar is high. Vibe and Thrive benefit is clever and unique.

Cons

Behind the brand is a cult like culture with the “founders” surrounded by yes people (whether they are aware of it or not). Mediocrity seems to be tolerated among management’s “old guard” causing tension and churn with newer and sometimes more experienced leaders. Insecure leaders at some of the highest levels perpetuate much of the toxic behaviors described in the reviews below such as gaslighting and favoritism. People “disappear” with little to no explanation, but hey, it’s the “Canva way”.

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