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 (if you're not Swiss)" ((in 116 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 85 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 56 reviews)); "Good benefits for CERN contracts" ((in 44 reviews)); "Good work life balance and vast interesting domains of activity." ((in 34 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 14 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 14 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

Ratings by category

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

4.0

Jul 10, 2012

All about the science

Mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of activities, relaxed and calm atmosphere

Cons

No future for the people who are not from the member state countries

3.0

Jun 25, 2012

good

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

non profit organisation. connections with clever people

Cons

if you are not EU national can not obtain permanent position

3.0

Jun 15, 2012

Carreer development

Fellow

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great oportunity to know a different variety of engineering systems.

Cons

Limited contract period of two plus one year.

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