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      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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).

      Reviews by job title

      856 reviews
      5.0
      Jul 16, 2015

      Technical Student

      Technical student
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - working on amazing things which push forward humans' understanding of the universe, - incredible freedom at work, effects are what matters, you can organize everything as you like and experience atmosphere of scientific organisation unlike anywhere else, - great learning opportunities, a lot of seminars are organized on many subjects, not only physics, practically every day you can take part in great lectures and constantly develop not only work skills but also general knowledge, - above all, great people you work with, who will help you thrive, who will help you learn, help you develop, who will care more about YOU than work you do, more friends than colleagues - opportunities to take part in conferences, often in great locations abroad, you can also enroll in French courses in CERN or other technical/software courses, they really invest a lot in any person working there - even as student you are considered real part of CERN community, no different than person working there for 20 years, that's remarkable - best place I ever worked and probably also best I ever will

      Cons

      - you need to be an organized person, able to set your own goals, although that may seem like good thing it is also sometimes very demanding and certainly not for everyone

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      CERN Response
      10y
      Thank you for your positive review. We are really glad that you enjoyed you time at CERN and highly appreciate the time you took to share your experience on Glassdoor.
      4.0
      Jun 24, 2015

      Great to jump start a career

      Junior fellow
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, Lots of talented people. Good work/life balance.

      Cons

      They make skilled engineers who stay temporarily learn French, because technicians resist to learn English for all of their career (20 years+). It creates a lot of frustration and deteriorates the quality of work. Additionally, because it is so difficult to get a permanent contract people with know-how leave without transferring their knowledge due to the frustration. Very often this leads to making the same work twice or more and decreases the efficiency of the whole organization.

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      CERN Response
      10y
      Thank you for your feedback. At CERN we take into consideration both positive and negative reviews. We are sorry to hear that language was a barrier to your work. Knowing that CERN is a bilingual Organization we contribute to language courses for both English and French in order to face such difficulties and try to do our best to eliminate any language obstacles within the Organization. If you would like to share more on this matter please don't hesitate to contact us at Recruitment.Service@cern.ch.
      2.0
      Apr 17, 2015

      Administrative student

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice colleagues, multinational environment, interesting people

      Cons

      Feels like there is no other working life outside CERN

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