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      CERN reviews

      4.4

      91% would recommend to a friend

      (856 total reviews)
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      Fabiola Gianotti

      91% approve of CEO

      59% positive business outlook

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      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
      Aug 19, 2018

      Being a research fellow at CERN

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great environment, opportunity to shape your career, networking, high salary

      Cons

      Very hard to get a staff contract after the Fellowship, difficult to establish your self in the group, large inter-group competition for the few staff positions

      4.0
      Aug 13, 2018

      Fellowship

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good atmosphere and work conditions A LOT of holidays

      Cons

      You know it will end. It is really hard to stay.

      3.0
      Aug 12, 2018

      Physicist

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice place to work as physicist.

      Cons

      Contract policy is not very optimal for many of good physicists.

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