Profoundly Difficult: Canva to Cut More Than 1,200 Jobs

As many as 1,271 staff—or 22 percent of the firm's headcount—will be impacted by layoffs, role changes or relocations as it confronts a year of slowed growth.
Profoundly Difficult: Canva to Cut More Than 1,200 Jobs

Software design firm Canva is restructuring, impacting over 1,200 jobs through cuts, role changes, and relocations. Founder and CEO Melanie Perkins announced this difficult decision, affecting 22 percent of the company’s staff. This move comes in response to a year of slowed growth.

  • Canva is implementing a major restructure affecting more than 1,200 jobs.
  • The restructure includes layoffs, role changes, and relocations.
  • This impacts 22 percent of the company’s headcount.
  • The decision is attributed to a year of slowed growth.
  • CEO Melanie Perkins described it as the hardest moment in the company’s thirteen-year history.
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