CERN reviews

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

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
Oct 27, 2015

Best experience

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

New technologies and projects you get to work on with very nice people from all around the world.

Cons

I don't have anything to say as cons

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CERN Response
10y
Thank you for your positive review. We are delighted to hear you enjoyed your time at CERN and wish you the best for the next!
4.0
Oct 26, 2015

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great place to work with an excellent international environment. Good opportunity to learn french for people that only speaks english. Possibility to participate in technical training sessions. Many different clubs dedicated to different domains and activities.

Cons

Project management sometimes does not have a clear strategy (goals and responsibilities not well defined). This is a downside when you come from a private company. Also in some projects, it is necessary to deal with quite old technology.

5.0
Oct 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Best work conditions I could think of. Possibility to go to international conferences like Oracle Open World, Devoxx etc. Flexibility to take holidays and nice life-work balance

Cons

Sometimes too bureaucratic. Depending where you land as a IT guy, maybe you do very interesting things or you end up doing some tedious tasks. The possibility of doing a career there are low

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CERN Response
10y
Thank you for your this positive review. We are glad to hear that you appreciate the work-life balance at CERN. Retention of talent is something that has been recently reviewed and with a reassessed contract policy we aspire to increase long term career prospects for staff.
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