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Backend Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Canva for less than 1 year
March 19, 2020
Sydney, New South Wales
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Amazing breakfast and lunch every day. It's hard to beat the meals here, as they’re always varied, healthy, and fresh. They are sourced from a local farm to reduce Canva’s carbon footprint.

  • Generous stock options and salary
  • Taken seriously by my colleagues, and I feel like I can actually contribute meaningfully to the product.
  • Has a great culture that’s driven from the top down. They really do care about doing good in the world and ensuring their employees are safe and happy.
  • Flexible work hours
  • Gym access and free yoga fitness classes
  • Great coffee!
  • Pets allowed at work
  • So many different club activities, there’s something for everyone. They’re sponsored by Canva, as well as monthly team bonding activities.
  • There’s a real sense of trust in the organization that everyone is here to do good work and will do their part.
  • Small successes are celebrated.
  • Amazing teammates who are brilliant at what they do and have a wealth of knowledge to learn from.
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Budget for everyone’s personal development and learning
  • Transparency from the leadership team
  • Really awesome to see what they’ve achieved and what they hope to achieve in the future. It’s nice to be a part of it. Feels like a really good company to be part of right now, as it’s only going to get bigger and better.
Cons
  • Lack of feedback from mentor/coach

  • Hard to see what’s going on across the business as it’s getting very big and growing very fast

  • No real structure in place so I don’t know how to progress further in my career or how I’m currently tracking

  • There’s so many new people it’s sometimes hard to keep up

  • It feels like the tenured people have more “status” because they’ve been here for longer

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you’re doing!

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