Awesome place to spend your 9-5 - Frontend Engineer Canva Employee Review

5.0
23 Jul 2017
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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5.0
27 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Fast pace - Interesting tech - Fun product to work on - Great culture & values

Cons

- Crunch periods can be full on

3.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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