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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.

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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 131 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 77 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 60 reviews)); "good benefits and health insurance" ((in 53 reviews)); "they was very helpful and pay was good" ((in 33 reviews))

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

"Bad management, nothing else fdgdfgdf" ((in 42 reviews)); "Almost no Career Opportunities" ((in 17 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 16 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 11 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 7 reviews))

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Best place if you do physics, usually not so good if you are software engineer - Postdoctoral Researcher CERN Employee Review

4.0

1 Apr 2015

Postdoctoral researcher

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Pros

Most fundamental physics topics explored there. You can work with some ofthe brightest minds in the field. Very nice lab working environment with plenty of oxygen for development of ideas. Nice multicultural environment

Cons

Not at front end if you are software engineer. Code of physicists is poor and not many good programmers around for personal development.

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5.0

22 Apr 2026

Anonymous employee

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Pros

The employment process is very smooth and supportive. The technical team interviewed me for technical skills, and the HR is very supportive and helpful. Especially I haven't been employed by CERN previously, so I have a lot of questions. The employment team is very helpful and answered all my questions patiently. Also I like the job and my work very much.

Cons

Maybe the primary communication method could be email instead of phone calls? I sometimes miss phone calls, but will check every email.

5.0

16 Oct 2025

Anonymous intern

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Pros

Interesting work and projects Talented work force Lots of opportunities to learn

Cons

Expensive area Should learn French to an intermediate level

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