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 123 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 83 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 57 reviews)); "good benefits and health insurance" ((in 47 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 35 reviews))

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

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 38 reviews)); "very slow career progression" ((in 17 reviews)); "Few career opportunities in certain departments." ((in 13 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 10 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 8 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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Reviews by job title

855 reviews

4.0

Jan 6, 2012

Great Experience - International & Easy Going place !

Technical student

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

friendly staff sense of contribution to top notch research good balance between personal life and work chance to learn multinational environment good salary

Cons

difficult to be hired not very much training limited time contracts everything depends on who your supervisor is !

4.0

Sep 20, 2011

A rewarding experience with great challenges!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Multicultural environment Team work projects Knowledge sharing Good working conditions (benefits & perks)

Cons

The staff positions are open to member states nationals only (20 countries in EUrope).

4.0

Jul 19, 2011

Unique place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- international environment - good salary and good benefits - paid internships - health and retirements benefits

Cons

- contract policies - internal bureaucracy

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