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 131 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 75 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 58 reviews)); "good benefits and health insurance" ((in 45 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 36 reviews))

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

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 36 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 15 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 11 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 8 reviews)); "Old buildings with no AC" ((in 6 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

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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

Jul 24, 2021

PhD

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good infrastructure, chance to work on interesting experiments

Cons

too little time for a PhD

5.0

Jul 19, 2021

A nice place to learn

Quality engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of benefits and flexibility

Cons

No career progression; no teleworking outside of the region

4.0

Jul 15, 2021

Fellowship at CERN

Programmer coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well paid for an entry position, opportunities to learn and develop up to a certain point

Cons

Not very flexible, not much room for improvement after a certain point

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