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 (111) , 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 118 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 80 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 55 reviews)); "Good benefits for CERN contracts" ((in 46 reviews)); "they was very helpful and pay was good" ((in 32 reviews))

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

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 38 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 16 reviews)); "Career opportunities are limited, long" ((in 12 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 11 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 6 reviews))

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4.4

91% would recommend to a friend

(855 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 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

Jun 7, 2015

Summer Student

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Beautiful nature, smart people around

Cons

Quite far from Geneva centre, outdated equipment and buildings

5.0

May 15, 2015

Best Internship Ever

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best place to work at. Really enjoyed my two months there. Everyone extremely helpful and Geneva is beautiful. WIll go again if I get a chance

Cons

The location is very isolated so might not be very attractive to party-hard person. Not very well connected to the french side of the border though the Swiss side is very reachable.

5.0

May 1, 2015

Technical student

Java programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing atmosphere, great colleagues, some of the smartest people in the world. Good salary and tons of benefits.

Cons

They have only temporary contracts

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