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 4.5 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 (112) , Fellow (61) , PhD Student (36) , Senior Fellow (24) , Doctoral Student (23) , Research Fellow (23) , Internship (22) , Mechanical Engineer (20) , Junior Fellow (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 129 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 79 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 60 reviews)); "good benefits and health insurance" ((in 48 reviews)); "they was very helpful and pay was good" ((in 34 reviews))

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

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 40 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 15 reviews)); "Almost no Career Opportunities" ((in 12 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 11 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 8 reviews))

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4.3

91% would recommend to a friend

(856 total reviews)

Fabiola Gianotti

91% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.3

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Senior management

3.7

Career opportunities

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

5.0

Jun 23, 2025

Excellent employer

Senior r&d manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A very good employer indeed

Cons

None of any significance at all

5.0

Jun 9, 2025

nah

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good pay not going to lie

Cons

i mean its not bad but the coffee machine is broken

5.0

Jun 9, 2025

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Electrical design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good work life balance, benefits and compensation packages.

Cons

Not so many opportunities to make longer career. Temporary contracts without possibility of extensions

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