It's gone downhill so fast it’s hard to know where to start
It's gone downhill so fast it’s hard to know where to start
Remote friendly, decent pay, fairly qualified peers, good collaboration at the lowest level.
Ever since the company started to hire managers externally, the culture has gone seriously downhill, and there are not many promo opportunities. The top leadership were mostly at the right place at the right time, i.e., they 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 an IPO; maybe it’s related, but this has been going on for too long.
Take a note from the actual engineers, product managers, and other professionals doing the work. They are collaborative and help each other, keeping the shitshow you're creating with chaotic leadership and direction together. Some of the most qualified people are undervalued, whereas people coming from bigger corporations who play games steal the promotions.
This wasn’t always the case, and maybe it’s not obvious at the top. Once the floodgates open, Canva will lose heaps of talent at this rate.
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