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 140 reviews)); "Best experience ever Great people" ((in 79 reviews)); "Amazing environment and great colleagues." ((in 57 reviews)); "good benefits and health insurance" ((in 45 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 40 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 16 reviews)); "Very Difficult or impossible career opportunity" ((in 12 reviews)); "Had 5 supervisors, overall)" ((in 12 reviews)); "Incredible nepotism everywhere." ((in 6 reviews))

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Great area, poor career progress - Postdoctoral Fellow CERN Employee Review

2.0

13 Jul 2021

Postdoctoral fellow

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Geneva and French countryside is a beautiful place to live in. Exceptional work life balance. Exceptional benefits and no taxes.

Cons

Very difficult to be hired on an indefinite contract (IC staff) if this is what you want. Most of the time they don't hire the people that can deliver, but rather for political reasons. The result is that there are some staff that do literally nothing. There is still a lot of talented people, but I think they would do better elsewhere. This is extremely toxic work environment. It is still good to be there for few years, but not any longer if you care about your career progress.

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5.0

22 Apr 2026

Anonymous employee

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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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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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