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 and tons of benefits." ((in 127 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 83 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 59 reviews)); "Good benefits for CERN contracts" ((in 43 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 37 reviews)); "very slow career progression" ((in 15 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 14 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 10 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

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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

Oct 14, 2016

Review as an Intern

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Helpful culture, easy access to resources, food

Cons

Commuting to CERN. Other than that no such cons

5.0

Oct 11, 2016

Great place to be

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great international dynamic environment with incredibly opportunity for great science

Cons

Could do with a better restaurant

5.0

Sep 29, 2016

the best place where to do particle physics

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

international, dynamic place, where making science is fun

Cons

the restaurant is terrible, and the weather pretty much too

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