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      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 1, 2018

      Technical Fellow

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      - The work environment is great: you can do your job and focus on it but also have time to help others with their projects if you want to - Very collaborative colleagues - Being CERN, it is extremely international so expect people from all over the globe - management is good, on average, and they really help in improving your skill set

      Cons

      - when management is bad, it is really bad: projects have no structure, people are working by themselves without a common goal and the situation can really degenerate. Luckily, this is very rare.

      5.0
      Jul 27, 2018

      Great experience

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Amazing place to work. Possibility to meet a lot of different people from different places. Great place to learn and improve skills.

      Cons

      Contracts have usually a limited duration. Difficult to have a long career at CERN.

      5.0
      Jul 15, 2018

      High-end engineering!

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      - Strong social package - Relaxed but high responsibility - Ease in obtaining funding - High competency of colleagues - Fun culture

      Cons

      - Language barrier to a lot of new arrivals: French is spoken just as much as English is, especially in Engineering - Sometimes, a lack of coordination in working hours: hard to reach some people at the end of the day

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