Does Philips care about their Employees? - Field Service Engineer IV Philips Employee Review

3.0
Jan 31, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits (not the best) Company car if you meet their mileage (1000 business miles a month) 401K I work for a great team

Cons

Benefits aren't that great - Medical switched us from a PPO to an EPO, yet didn't lower our costs. Low morale No raises in years, besides your yearly raise (1-5%) if you get one, even if your team is awesome, they will still force someone in the no raise zone. They don't keep up with cost of living. They bring in new hires with zero experience making as much as our seasoned FSEs who have been there for over 10 years. Lack of moving around within Philips - internal jobs are already filled before they post them. They just post them for the formalities. Job promises are also no good, I personally have been told I had two management jobs, both of which fell through. As a FSE, you have NO JOB LIFE BALANCE. Large territories, we have 1 FSE for 3-4 states. ServiceMax is horrible for our Service Ticket system, and they keep making it worse with every update. For a "Tech Company" that works in hospitals, they do offer low pay. There is no employee retention, we have multiple people leave right after we hire them, as the job is difficult and travel is over 90%. They have outsourced a lot of jobs to India, and they don't work the same hours as the US, so expect delays with IT and getting things resolved. Company provided equipment is getting worse, again a Tech Company, and they provide worthless Laptops, and Cell Phones (however, they do offer BYOD, if you want to spend your own money). Factories that were based in the US are now outsourced, all equipment comes from overseas, causing delays getting equipment, and more paperwork to be completed when the FSE performs installations. LOTS of micromanagement from other management teams, people that don't even directly deal with your team will question everything. Including, parts used, your FSEs time and how they spent their day (being home waiting for a call is non productive and goes against you), your work orders you have opened, finance. Employees are eligible for "reward points" for jobs well done, but they are hard to come by as anything you do is already expected.

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Philips Response
4y
Thank you for sharing this level of detail – it is helpful to hear and understand your situation. It’s clear that this Philips experience was not positive. We’re always interested in providing our people with a rewarding career experience and understand understand that our people have a life outside work too, so it's unfortunate this wasn't the case for you. We would recommend scheduling a meeting with your HR representative or manager in order to discuss some points of improvement. Philips Management Team is also active on this platform, so your feedback will be taken into consideration for improving our ways of working. We always welcome honest feedback. Thanks for supporting our mission to improve people’s lives. We wish you all the best.

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Cons

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Thank you for your review. It’s gratifying to know that you have such a good time in our company. We appreciate your contributions and wish you all the best.
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Cons

Very poor communication on the strategy for the business unit. Leadership publicly promotes innovation and new ideas to be presented but then those ideas are shot down or penalized in private by current upper management. The business unit leadership says that don't want excuses for project delays but will then decide to do 3 major layoffs in the first two quarters with no transition plan, no support for gap in resources and no expectations to delayed progress.

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Philips Response
2d
Thanks for sharing your feedback and for your 7.5 years of service with us. It’s great to hear that you found a fantastic sense of community and culture onsite among your colleagues. We’re sorry to hear about your experience. Your perspective on management transparency and resource support is incredibly helpful, and we’re actively working to improve our ways of working. We appreciate your dedication over the years and your honest insights, which help us focus on building a better workplace. We wish you all the best in your future career.
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