CFRS - Firefighter/Paramedic CERN Employee Review

4.0
7 Nov 2022
Recommend
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Pros

-The area is in the middle of Europe -Nice place to live, if you live in Switzerland -Colleagues are the best part of the job -Benefits in general. CERN takes care of you and your family -Multinational work environment -Gears are decent

Cons

-Management of CERN in general is so bad. Most of the supervisors have been there for years and they have diverged from normal "fire brigades" they are still living in 2010. -Permanent contracts. Once you get one, you know that you are impossible to be sacked. So that's why the management is only focusing on their own "nose". -The most of the people getting quite greedy once they realize who easy it's to make some extra at the service. -All the external trainings have been removed because of budget reasons.

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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.

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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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