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      Great to jump start a career - Junior Fellow CERN Employee Review

      4.0
      Jun 24, 2015
      Junior fellow
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great benefits, Lots of talented people. Good work/life balance.

      Cons

      They make skilled engineers who stay temporarily learn French, because technicians resist to learn English for all of their career (20 years+). It creates a lot of frustration and deteriorates the quality of work. Additionally, because it is so difficult to get a permanent contract people with know-how leave without transferring their knowledge due to the frustration. Very often this leads to making the same work twice or more and decreases the efficiency of the whole organization.

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      Thank you for your feedback. At CERN we take into consideration both positive and negative reviews. We are sorry to hear that language was a barrier to your work. Knowing that CERN is a bilingual Organization we contribute to language courses for both English and French in order to face such difficulties and try to do our best to eliminate any language obstacles within the Organization. If you would like to share more on this matter please don't hesitate to contact us at Recruitment.Service@cern.ch.

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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
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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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