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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
      Oct 27, 2015

      Best experience

      Internship
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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

      Review

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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

      Nice job to learn

      Associé de project
      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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