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 128 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 82 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 56 reviews)); "Good benefits for CERN contracts" ((in 50 reviews)); "Good work life balance and vast interesting domains of activity." ((in 38 reviews))

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

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 39 reviews)); "No career progression; no teleworking outside of the region" ((in 16 reviews)); "Career opportunities are limited, cannot stay long" ((in 13 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 11 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 7 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

Jan 13, 2020

CERN has nice and flexible working enviroment

Technical student

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The overall experience depends heavily on your supervisor and the type of work that you do, but overall it is usually much better in every way than another job with similar work requirements

Cons

If the supervisor is too unprofessional (happens rarely), or you are not able to work independently, the overall experience can be unpleasant.

5.0

Jan 12, 2020

Fantastic place

Physicist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very challenging and mind growing

Cons

Difficult to make strong steps in career

3.0

Jan 9, 2020

Very nice work atmosphere, no long term commitment

Consultitive sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Relaxed and innovative atmosphere, can do a lot of new stuff easily

Cons

No long term prospects after the 5 years

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