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 and tons of benefits." ((in 132 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 84 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 53 reviews)); "good benefits and health insurance" ((in 49 reviews)); "they was very helpful and pay was good" ((in 35 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)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 12 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 8 reviews)); "Old buildings with no AC" ((in 6 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

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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

Feb 28, 2025

Nice experience and great place

Postdoctoral fellow

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It possible to learn many things Autonomy People

Cons

Some technologies might be outdated, but you can push to improve Depending on the department life/work balance can be not great

5.0

Feb 25, 2025

Nice place to work

Power systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Everything was perfect Nice place

Cons

Nothing to say to be honest

5.0

Feb 24, 2025

good

Environmental analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

International, kind and caring people

Cons

no cons at all for me

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