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 (free of income tax)" ((in 123 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 80 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 54 reviews)); "good benefits and health insurance" ((in 43 reviews)); "Good work life balance and vast interesting domains of activity." ((in 36 reviews))

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

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 40 reviews)); "Almost no Career Opportunities" ((in 16 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 15 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 7 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

Sep 27, 2024

cern

Senior data scientist

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CEO approval

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Pros

experince to work in best research center in the world

Cons

enormous amount of work, no personla time

4.0

Sep 24, 2024

Wonderful place, but hard to stay for long

Doctoral student

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great atmosphere and collaboration with some of the keenest minds in physics.

Cons

Short term contracts, instability, subpar public transport in the French side area

5.0

Sep 23, 2024

Review

C++ developer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

New techonolgies Interesting project Talented team

Cons

A lot of working on your own

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