the story of employee Shraddha Khouli, who spoke about the benefits she gained after being laid off from the design platform where she worked. In the segment aired, she listed ways to help her find a job, from keeping her computer to practicing for interviews, then asked, according to the Arabic translation of the broadcast: "Who does all that? Canva does."
According to the company statement, departing employees receive at least six months' salary, including legal entitlements, and retain their MacBooks, along with a one-year LinkedIn Premium subscription and professional support. The company also offers $10,000 grants to those wishing to start their own businesses, not an automatic bonus for each departing employee.
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The support includes continued health coverage for one year in countries where the company already provides it. The employee support program, "CanvaCare," also lasts for one year and extends to family members; it is separate from health insurance.
Thus, the package is not limited to financial compensation; it combines temporary income with tools to find future opportunities. According to the statement, the restructuring plan also aims to reduce administrative complexities and keep pace with changes in the digital design market.
Even in informing colleagues of their departure, the company provided some flexibility; in its statement, it said that it would keep Slack and Gmail available to departing employees until the end of the week of the announcement, allowing them to choose when and how to inform their teams. A small detail in a package dominated by discussions of salaries and compensation.
Among the comments displayed by "Networks", Mona wrote on Facebook : "Either this is how you get expelled or nothing," before adding jokingly: "Come on, everyone, let's have a mass exodus to Canva."
On Al Jazeera Technology's Instagram post, the comparison came from an account that said: "These are the benefits, and I'm a full-time employee and I don't get them." The joke here isn't just about the compensation, but about the benefits the commenter says he doesn't receive while employed.
In contrast, Nadine, in a Facebook comment quoted by the program, refused to let the benefits overshadow the loss of stability and income, concluding: "In the end, it's still a dismissal. Don't sugarcoat disasters."
According to the company statement, 1,271 people, representing 22% of the workforce, were affected by the restructuring, but not all of them were laid off; the changes also include some of their jobs and workplaces.
As for the reason for the changes, Canva, in its statement, links them to slowing growth and the need to streamline work teams and reduce overlapping responsibilities. This is the explanation the company offers for the restructuring that was accompanied by a support package.
Between a comment wishing for a similar "expulsion" and another refusing to embellish it, the story opens a question that goes beyond the list of privileges: Is the attraction the loss of the job, or the fact that the employee will not find himself without support afterward? Money and a computer may help to start the search again, but finding the next job remains another task.
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