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

5.0

Feb 14, 2022

Great opportunity for young engineers

Technical student

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- great learning environment - opportunity to learn from some of the best engineers in the world - decent pay

Cons

- the Geneva region is kinda expensive

5.0

Jan 27, 2022

Excellent place for young scientists and engineers

Postdoctoral fellow

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Social environment, work-life balance (e.g. offers 2.5 vacation days per month), fair salary for Geneva region

Cons

Not enough flexibility related to the choice of projects and topics to work on.

5.0

Jan 19, 2022

A great place to be

Vacuum engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

International environment Motivated people Perfect nature all around Working for a good reason and feeling important independent working High salary

Cons

Learning French helps :P Can be stressful at peak times

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