Certis reviews

2.9

32% would recommend to a friend

(1,026 total reviews)

Brett Pickens

17% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Certis has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,026 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Certis employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Frontline teams who continue delivering safe outcomes despite leadership decisions.

Cons

Staff report that Certis cannot recruit for critical safety roles after removing the only leaders with proven capability. This is crucial at Sydney Airport after the loss of the Ports of NSW Contract. Employees describe that the removals appeared personal rather than performance based, which staff view as a psychosocial hazard created by leadership itself. Staff perceive that the organisation eliminated essential expertise and is now attempting to replace multiple roles with one position, signalling a collapse in safety capability. Employees express concern that senior leadership, PARTICULARLY the COO, lacks the credibility required to attract qualified professionals or stabilise the safety function.

1.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This is a review for CTS- the tech side. Honestly, none at all.

Cons

It’s a retirement village for ex Japanese company sales people. Most software engineers here can’t code, it’s pretty dismal. The code here has smells like god classes and functions and poor usage of architecture and data structures to implement things- and “architects” say “let’s keep to how it is done”. And management being sales have no idea how to lead delivery- it’s all led by sales and overpromising. Hell even the sales has no strategy apart from showmanship and overselling. Extremely political- outcomes don’t matter, feelings and vibes do. A lot of work is just busywork to show you’re involved - true to the Japanese DNA of the management And man, when you hear a bunch of uncles talking about their NS days in office…. It’s a joke.

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