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 (free of income tax)" ((in 126 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 83 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 58 reviews)); "good benefits and health insurance" ((in 44 reviews)); "they was very helpful and pay was good" ((in 34 reviews))

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

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 38 reviews)); "No career progression; no teleworking outside of the region" ((in 17 reviews)); "For scientists, almost exclusively temporary contracts and almost no career opportunities inside or outside CERN." ((in 14 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 13 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 8 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

Jan 26, 2021

V!

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good starting salary for entry level

Cons

Things move a bit slow

3.0

Jan 18, 2021

CERN

Mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

life balance, field, experiment, multicultural

Cons

politics, very slow, internal organisation

5.0

Jan 12, 2021

Nice place to work

Senior electrical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

working at CERN since 1998. International multicultural working culture. Recognition of merit. Some opportunities for carreer evolution and eventually to change type of work internally.

Cons

Contracts policy can be a limitation to efficiency Mid long term strategy and objectives not always clear

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