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Thank you for your review and for your comments. We appreciate the time you have taken to share your views of CERN on Glassdoor. Concerning your comment on staff contracts we would like to highlight that in a previous affiliation with CERN is in no way necessary nor a pre-requisite to obtain a staff contract at CERN. TO illustrate this, in 2015 2/3 of staff contracts were awarded to candidates from outside the Organization, with no previous affiliation. This is a cornerstone of our recruitment policy, as our mission is to employ a diverse and international a workforce representative all of our 26 Member and Associate Member States. A multitude of actions and initiatives, such as outreach events in less represented countries, aim to enlarge and harmonize the presence of all aforesaid nationalities at CERN. Taking into account that CERN dates back to 1954 the infrastructure of such a large scale Organization has little to no correlation to the remunerations granted to our employees that are aligned with Geneva’s elevated standards. Lastly we deeply regret reading your comment on male-dominance at CERN and the associated experience you had. CERN strongly condemns such behavior and the Code of Conduct, based around our five core values (integrity, professionalism, commitment, creativity and diversity) is in place to ensure we work in a context of mutual respect, appreciating differences, fostering equality and promoting collaboration, in embracing everyone regardless of their gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or personal situation. Should you wish to discuss this further, we invite you to share your thoughts and experiences on this or any other matter with Recruitment.Service@cern.ch. Thank you once more for your review. We wish you the best for the future!