Talented Team, Inconsistent Leadership
Talented Team, Inconsistent Leadership
Decent compensation, promising trajectory, solid values, and working culture. Most people I work with are talented, amazing individuals. Work-life balance highly fluctuates based on team, time of year, and pure luck, but is generally OK. Benefits are consistent with big tech.
While I appreciate that Canva is fast-moving, there are clearly some bad eggs at senior to exec level that can't plan their way out of a one-way street. Terrible communicators, unnecessarily secretive discussions, a lack of process, or sometimes swinging the other way – full of bureaucracy.
Result? It rains down on everyone below: unclear needs, tight deadlines, constant pivots. Too many "yes men" along the way to push back reasonably.
Something went wrong when hiring half of leadership. The other half are amazing individuals. You toss a coin sometimes on whether you'll be working with one or the other.
Honestly, with some of the mismanagement I've seen, you just need to clear house. There is no feedback you can give to solve certain levels of incompetence.
But separate the duds from the stars. You might just find that a few duds in the 'inner group'...
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Sydney, AustraliaJune 1, 2025There were 5 rounds: 3 technical and 2 people management. Technical rounds included problem-solving, system design, and code review. Management rounds covered culture & team fit and strategy interviews. The process was finished within 9 days,
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Sydney, AustraliaMay 24, 2024Key areas assessed: * System design * Coding challenge * People management * Values * Delivery After the initial 5 interviews, I was required to do an additional 2 interviews. Feedback loops were really slow. After the final interview, it
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Sydney, AustraliaNovember 1, 2022They conducted a technical interview for a people management role. They asked two algorithm-based questions that involved heavy calculations, even though I had been clear that I had no prior experience in that area before the interview.
