Coverage dated November 3, 2026 to November 6, 2026

Canva’s Layoff Package Includes 6 Months of Pay, a MacBook, and 1 Offer Most Companies Don’t Make

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The profitable design company is cutting or relocating 1,271 employees, but its unusually expansive exit plan is drawing praise.

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  1. Bloomberg

    Canva Announces Layoffs, Job Changes for About 22% of Workforce (opens Bloomberg)

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    Canva Inc. announced job cuts and a structural overhaul that will impact more than one-fifth of the workforce, after the Sydney-based tech firm’s growth slowed for the first time in a decade.

  2. Insider

    Canva CEO says a major reorganization will affect 22% of its workforce. Read the memo. (opens Insider)

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    Canva CEO Melanie Perkins wrote a memo explaining how a major reorganization will affect 22% of the company's workforce.

  3. BBC News

    Graphic design company Canva announces major job cuts after 'our hardest year yet' (opens BBC News)

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    CEO Melanie Perkins says more than 1,000 staff will either lose their jobs or be asked to change roles.

  4. The Guardian

    Canva layoffs: design giant to cut or relocate more than 1,200 jobs in major restructure (opens The Guardian)

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    Chief executive Melanie Perkins describes job cuts as ‘without doubt the hardest moment in our thirteen-year history’ in email to staff Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Canva is cutting or relocating more than 1,200 jobs, representing 22% of its global workforce, as part …

  5. Adweek

    Canva to Cut or Redeploy 22% of Staff Following ‘Hardest Year Yet’ (opens Adweek)

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    1,271 staff will either lose their jobs, be asked to relocate, or change roles.

  6. Newsweek

    Canva Exit Package Praised As Tech Company Announces Layoffs (opens Newsweek)

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    Canva has announced major job cuts, offering departing workers six months’ pay and a range of additional benefits.

  7. FOX Business

    Canva to restructure operations, affecting 22% of workforce as growth slows (opens FOX Business)

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    Canva CEO Melanie Perkins announced a major restructuring affecting 22% of employees, including layoffs, team consolidation, relocation requests and office changes.

  8. Fast Company

    Canva’s big layoffs say a lot about the AI design landscape (opens Fast Company)

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    The AI design giant Canva just announced the first-ever major round of layoffs in its 13-year history. As part of the restructuring, 1,271 people—around 22% of the company’s overall staff—will either be laid off, asked to change roles, or relocate to the company’s headquarters in Sydney, Australia.

  9. KRON4

    Canva announces layoffs as part of restructuring impacting 1,200+ people (opens KRON4)

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    (KRON) -- Canva, the popular digital design platform that maintains a campus in San Francisco, has announced restructuring plans that are set to impact more than 1,200 jobs. The company, which was founded and is headquartered in Australia, revealed the plans in a post from co-founder and CEO Melanie…

  10. Fast Company

    Canva just laid off 1,200 people. But its severance package is earning praise (opens Fast Company)

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    Design tech company Canva is doing some major restructuring : The move will impact about 1,200 employees, or roughly 22% of its staff. But the company’s also getting attention for how it’s treating the newly terminated employees.

  11. Inc.

    Canva Showed Signs of Trouble Before Its First-Ever Mass Layoff (opens Inc.)

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    The company entered 2026 with slowing growth, a lower valuation, and increasing pressure from AI rivals.

  12. Fortune

    ‘A master class in how to handle layoffs’: Canva is restructuring 22% of its workforce, and LinkedIn is applauding the exit package (opens Fortune)

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    CEO Melanie Perkins’s note to staff drew applause online for a package that includes a year of healthcare, career coaching and $10,000 project grants

  13. Inc.

    Canva’s Layoff Package Includes 6 Months of Pay, a MacBook, and 1 Offer Most Companies Don’t Make (opens Inc.)

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    The profitable design company is cutting or relocating 1,271 employees, but its unusually expansive exit plan is drawing praise.

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