Certinia reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(531 total reviews)

DJ Paoni

74% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Certinia has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 531 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Certinia employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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531 reviews
2.0
Nov 21, 2018

Unfortunate turn, but there’s still hope

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There’s still a very strong market opportunity, if the product and culture become the focus again.

Cons

This used to be a vibrant workplace with a strong sense of purpose. Growth was strong and steady for a long time. It was a place where people enjoyed working together, were passionate about the mission, and stayed a long time. Sadly, the past 1-2 years, goals were set too aggressively, those targets started getting missed, and it turned into a cutthroat blame culture. Much money has been squandered on fancy external hires instead of core product development and people development. The amazing people who built this into a $100m company have largely been pushed out or left, and there’s now a revolving door of people who seem to be joining in hopes of a quick flip on their stock options.

1.0
Oct 26, 2017

Nepotism all around

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- SF HQ's location is 50 feet away from Bart - Fully stocked kitchen filled with snacks and drinks - Some great coworkers

Cons

If you are not in the "clique", good luck getting your yearly bonus and working your way up. The entire organization was a hot mess. Internal equity on every team screamed who was a referral and who was a direct applicant.

3.0
Jul 22, 2015

Not for everone.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great work/life balance. - Fun people - Career growth opportunities - Free snacks and swag

Cons

- Lots of gossip - Can feel like you're in a frat that you didn't sign up for. There are way too many friends of friends getting hired without the necessary experience. This contributes to cliques and makes newer people feel outed. - Constant push to go on Glassdoor and pressure from coworkers to buy into AMAZING atmosphere makes it feel like propaganda - Growing pains: no policies for certain things I won't go into detail about which affected my ability to be successful. - Some turnover becoming more common as I left. - Some people like working in high wall cubicles. It's hard to work in an environment that makes you feel like you're in a can of sardines - especially when doing calls out. Collaboration is great, but so is privacy and the ability to concentrate with people talking 24/7. - Company needs to be more diverse and show commitment to it. Haven't seen a commitment to that, just hiring of more friends who are from similar backgrounds as their friends. - 401K is kind of a joke considering how much revenue this company has - Product not as good as they say. - Salary below market averages for some positions.

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Certinia Response
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Thank you for your feedback. As we look to continuously improve on the overall employee experience, we will take this into account. We do pride ourselves on quality employee referrals. Assuming you were working the San Francisco office, we have now expanded due to the hyper growth and employees have plenty of space now to spread out.
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