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      Love/Hate - Technical Engineer CERN Employee Review

      1.0
      Feb 9, 2021
      Technical engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Holidays, Pension, Health insurance, plenty of good people. Recommended for Junior positions at the beginning of your career as it is your University Degree level what will set your salary. HR is doing great efforts to bring diversity (non-French male) into the organization. Career Boost.

      Cons

      Extremely vertical organization. No future on your career development if you don't play politics. Considerable lack of true delegation. Absence of international working standards in some areas, laxed safety enforcement. Indefinite Contract Awards are really foggy and not a fair process. Strong internal bias favouring French nationals and their vertical working culture. Forced to do office work during COVID 19.

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      5.0
      Apr 22, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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.

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      5.0
      Oct 16, 2025
      Anonymous intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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