Australian start-up Canva announces restructuring affecting 22% of workforce

The company will cut jobs and relocate staff, impacting over 1,200 workers in what its CEO calls the hardest moment in its history.

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According to KBC, Canva, an Australian start-up, has announced a business restructuring that will affect 22 percent of its workforce.

The company's co-founder and chief executive Melanie Perkins described the decision as the hardest moment in the firm's thirteen-year history, according to the report.

The restructuring will result in 1,271 people either losing their jobs or being asked to relocate, KBC reports. Perkins reportedly characterised the period as the company's hardest year yet.

Source: KBC