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 (free of income tax)" ((in 125 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 77 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 55 reviews)); "good benefits and health insurance" ((in 52 reviews)); "Good work life balance and vast interesting domains of activity." ((in 34 reviews))

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

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 39 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 17 reviews)); "Very Difficult or impossible career opportunity" ((in 14 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 13 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 7 reviews))

CERN reviews

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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Reviews by job title

856 reviews

5.0

Mar 11, 2017

Technical Student

Technical student

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good environment to start your career. Amazing people around.Organization provides many courses ,lectures.

Cons

Some projects use old technologies

4.0

Mar 6, 2017

Very Nice

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A good start for a career in engineering

Cons

It is actually very good

3.0

Feb 17, 2017

CERN year to year contract

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

best place in the world for particle physics great feeling of contributing to the quest to extend the frontiers of knowledge of the early universe

Cons

lack of job security causes stress and undermines one's self asteem

CERN Response

9y

Thank you for your review. We are very pleased to read that you think so highly of CERN and we couldn't agree more with you that this is the best place in the world for particle physics. However it's rather unfortunate to learn that you feel lack of job security which affects your self-esteem. We therefore welcome you to contact us at recruitment.service@cern.ch if you wish to further discuss and share more on this matter.

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