Canva Restructures 22% Of Workforce In Organizational Shakeup
Canva is restructuring around 1,271 employees, or 22% of its workforce, CEO Melanie Perkins told staff in an email.
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Why it matters
Canva is trading headcount for fewer handoffs, cutting 22% of staff while paying out six months' salary and a year of insurance so that teams can spend more time building and less time coordinating.
Key Facts
- Canva is restructuring around 1,271 employees, or 22% of its workforce.
- CEO Melanie Perkins announced the changes in an email to employees.
- Some employees will be asked to change roles or relocate to central hubs.
- Departing employees receive at least six months' salary, one year of health insurance, career transition services, and grants.
- Canva's employees are spread across 37 countries, so procedures follow each region's rules.
Some will change roles or relocate to central hubs, and departing employees get at least six months' salary, a year of health insurance, career transition services, and grants. Perkins said growing departments had become too subdivided, so a single improvement needed too many handovers.
The affected employees are spread across 37 countries, and procedures follow each region's rules. Perkins framed the change as a structural one: as Canva grew, departments split into smaller units, and a single improvement came to require more coordination than it should.
Her email did not use the word layoffs, though it lists support for departing staff and acknowledges some will leave. The company wants to merge teams and consolidate dispersed expertise so development takes more of the working time. In the note to those leaving, Perkins wrote that the decision does not diminish their talent or contributions.
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- GIGAZINE Canvaが全従業員の22％に影響を与える組織改編を発表