Does CERN pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CERN employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CERN. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CERN?

91% of CERN employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CERN 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.5 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CERN?

Technical Student (125) , Software Engineer (112) , Fellow (61) , PhD Student (35) , Senior Fellow (24) , Doctoral Student (23) , Research Fellow (23) , Internship (22) , Mechanical Engineer (20) , Junior Fellow (19) , Postdoctoral Fellow (19) , Engineer (18) , Project Associate (18) , Intern (16) , Administrative Student (15)

What are the pros of working at CERN according to real employee reviews?

"Good salary (if you're not Swiss)" ((in 124 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 81 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 54 reviews)); "Good benefits for CERN contracts" ((in 51 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 34 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CERN according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 38 reviews)); "Almost no Career Opportunities" ((in 16 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 14 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 13 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 9 reviews))

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4.4

91% would recommend to a friend

(856 total reviews)

Fabiola Gianotti

91% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.3

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Senior management

3.7

Career opportunities

CERN has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 856 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The CERN employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Regierung & öffentliche Verwaltung industry (3.6 stars).

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856 reviews

4.0

May 5, 2022

Pjas Full Stack Software Engineer

Full stack software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of days of, good proactive environment

Cons

Old techologies in some department

CERN Response

Thank you for sharing your experience of working at CERN. We wish you success in your future endeavours.

5.0

Apr 25, 2022

CERN Is perfect place

Graduate student

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

international place paid well respectful Good experience

Cons

expensive city hard working hard to get a cheap renting flat

CERN Response

Thank you for sharing your experience of working at CERN. We wish you success in your future endeavours.

5.0

Apr 24, 2022

Good expirinece, low salary for switzerland

Project associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Gain relevant experience in the world-known research facility

Cons

Project associate salary is a bare minimum for this region

CERN Response

Thank you for sharing your experience of working at CERN. We wish you success in your future endeavours.

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