Canva Announces Major Restructuring: Cutting 22% of Global Workforce to Counter First Growth Slowdown in a DecadeCanva Group announced a major corporate restructuring today (November 4, 2026). The company will lay off 1,271 employees representing approximately 22% of its total global workforce as it moves to adapt to its first significant revenue and user growth deceleration in over ten years.
In a internal memo to staff, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Melanie Perkins highlighted that the strategic realignment will fundamentally restructure how the company organizes its engineering teams, operational locations, and management hierarchies.
Organizational Consolidation, R&D Relocation, and Hybrid Workplace Mandates
Streamlining Engineering Architecture into a Unified Product Division:
Merging Core Teams: Canva will combine its Product Development, Growth, and Platform Engineering divisions into a single, unified Product Division.
Eliminating Hand-off Friction: The merger is designed to eliminate cross-departmental bottlenecks, enabling individual product pods to operate end-to-end with total autonomous ownership over features.
Flattener Management Structure: The reorganization actively reduces management layers and consolidates redundant leadership roles to accelerate product decision-making and heighten individual team accountability.
Hub Consolidation to Sydney and Hybrid Return-to-Office Rules:
Centering Product R&D in Sydney: As part of the geographical restructuring, Canva plans to relocate the vast majority of its core product and design teams to its headquarters in Sydney, offering relocation pathways for affected remote workers.
Strict 2-3 Day Office Mandate: Beginning in January 2027, most hybrid employees will be required to work on-site at company hubs two to three days per week, reversing previous fully remote workplace flexibility policies.
Severance Package and Entrepreneurial Support Fund:
$10,000 Transition Grant: In addition to standard contractual severance pay, Canva is providing an extra $10,000 USD departure grant to every departing staff member to assist them in funding their next career venture, starting a new business, or acquiring new professional skills.
Canva Announces Major Restructuring: Cutting 22% of Global Workforce to Counter First Growth Slowdown in a DecadeCanva Group announced a major corporate restructuring today (November 4, 2026). The company will lay off 1,271 employees representing approximately 22% of its total global workforce as it moves to adapt to its first significant revenue and user growth deceleration in over ten years.
In a internal memo to staff, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Melanie Perkins highlighted that the strategic realignment will fundamentally restructure how the company organizes its engineering teams, operational locations, and management hierarchies.
Organizational Consolidation, R&D Relocation, and Hybrid Workplace Mandates
Streamlining Engineering Architecture into a Unified Product Division:
Merging Core Teams: Canva will combine its Product Development, Growth, and Platform Engineering divisions into a single, unified Product Division.
Eliminating Hand-off Friction: The merger is designed to eliminate cross-departmental bottlenecks, enabling individual product pods to operate end-to-end with total autonomous ownership over features.
Flattener Management Structure: The reorganization actively reduces management layers and consolidates redundant leadership roles to accelerate product decision-making and heighten individual team accountability.
Hub Consolidation to Sydney and Hybrid Return-to-Office Rules:
Centering Product R&D in Sydney: As part of the geographical restructuring, Canva plans to relocate the vast majority of its core product and design teams to its headquarters in Sydney, offering relocation pathways for affected remote workers.
Strict 2-3 Day Office Mandate: Beginning in January 2027, most hybrid employees will be required to work on-site at company hubs two to three days per week, reversing previous fully remote workplace flexibility policies.
Severance Package and Entrepreneurial Support Fund:
$10,000 Transition Grant: In addition to standard contractual severance pay, Canva is providing an extra $10,000 USD departure grant to every departing staff member to assist them in funding their next career venture, starting a new business, or acquiring new professional skills.
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