CERN reviews

4.3

91% would recommend to a friend

(856 total reviews)
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Fabiola Gianotti

91% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

CERN has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 856 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The CERN employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Regierung & öffentliche Verwaltung industry (3.6 stars).

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856 reviews
4.0
Mar 10, 2019

CERN Applied Fellow

Recommend
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Pros

Innovative, cutting-edge technologies, passion for the future

Cons

If you don't know the right person, you have almost no chance of getting a long-term job or permanent contract, no matter how good you are.

4.0
Mar 9, 2019

Unique experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Multicultural environment, flexibility in all terms. Opportunity to learn other cultures while working in an exceptional organisation, participating in the research field.

Cons

Difficult to stay with a permanent contract. Philosophy of the organisation is to train young people and changing personal regularly. Huge organization with a very defined hierarchy.

5.0
Feb 25, 2019

Great experience

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

multicultural, INSPIRING, environment. challenges (in my case - engineering) specific to CERN only great opportunity to develop better interpersonal skills

Cons

project management and information flow can be confusing

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