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      4.4

      91% would recommend to a friend

      (855 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 855 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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      855 reviews
      5.0
      May 18, 2016

      Excelent place to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Excelent place to work. Great support from the staff.

      Cons

      As a non-european, I can not apply to permanent vacancies.

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      CERN Response
      10y
      Thank you very much for your positive review. We are thrilled to read that you share our view of CERN as an excellent workplace environment. As an Intergovernmental Organization (IGO), CERN is funded primarily through contributions from its twenty-one Member States, Associate Member States, and one Candidate for Accession to Membership. Accordingly, as is standard for IGOs, CERN recruits its Staff Members, most of its Fellows and the participants in its Student Programmes from nationals of these countries. There are, however, multiple career opportunities for professionals of all different nationalities and we take great pride in having more than 100 nationalities represented at CERN!
      3.0
      May 7, 2016

      Mechanical Engineer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The international environment and the people. The work may be fascinating when working in engineering and physics.

      Cons

      Nearly all types of contracts are short to mid term (up to 5 years), which makes pursuing a career and retaining talent pretty difficult. Also, this makes the people less involved in the work, as it usually comes from the person before. It's a chaotic place, much too often based on political relationships and "knowing the right people". Management is generally bad or non-existent.

      4.0
      Apr 3, 2016

      Research Fellow (ATLAS)

      Research fellow
      Recommend
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      Pros

      -world-class science. Nobel laureates. Cutting-edge technology. -smart and friendly peers. -great reputation

      Cons

      -culture of workaholism, poor work-life balance -not much help to transition to next job at the end of the contract -quotas per citizenship country for reaching higher-level positions

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      CERN Response
      10y
      Thank you for your positive review. According to the majority of our employees, CERN has a very healthy work-life balance so we regret to learn that you don't share this opinion. Also by providing career transition measures we try and make our employees transition to their next step in their careers as smooth as possible. In addition, no national quotas apply for any positions at CERN apart for the Summer student programme. We really appreciate all of your comments and wish you the best for the rest. Rock on too!
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