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 4.4 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) , Junior Fellow (19) , Mechanical Engineer (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 121 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 84 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 56 reviews)); "good benefits and health insurance" ((in 44 reviews)); "Good work life balance" ((in 33 reviews))

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

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 38 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 17 reviews)); "For scientists, almost exclusively temporary contracts and almost no career opportunities inside or outside CERN." ((in 14 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 6 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

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

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

Oct 19, 2018

Technical Student

Technical student

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- developing challenging projects - different training available (software/development/language...) - great team projects in multicultural environment - great, stressless work atmosphere - diversity of CERN social clubs

Cons

Sometimes the group hierarchy at CERN may be a bit confusing.

5.0

Oct 18, 2018

Amazing place to work

Electronics engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Top notch research, good compensation, great culture

Cons

Demanding, fast paced, a little bit out of a city

4.0

Sep 17, 2018

Lots of free time

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salaries, generally you have a stress-free environment with a lot of free time to learn new things.

Cons

Lots of legacy tools/technologies in use

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