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Awesome place to spend your 9-5

Frontend Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Canva for 1 year
July 23, 2017
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
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, board games club, wine club, climbing club).
  • Flat company structure.
  • Has great engineering practices and values. The codebase is clean and maintainable, and now it is using the latest technologies.
Cons

As the company is a fast-growing startup, it still needs to learn how to better manage an ever-increasing number of employees and put some processes in place to help those who need some direction. Fortunately, it seems management has recognized this and started to put extra effort on this front.

Advice to Management

Keep up the great work and keep the 'focus on the user' attitude!

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