Philips reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,503 total reviews)
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Roy Jakobs

73% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Philips has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,503 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Philips employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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11K reviews
3.0
Jul 7, 2016

Depends on your priorities

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company has a wide breadth of products and services that leverages technology. It's a global company that brings some value to the market. People are mostly pleasant although passive.

Cons

They tried to educate marketing on basic planning and business principles but that didn't work. Problematic leadership on the group level, e.g. Healthcare. There is an ironic lack of business acumen skill predominantly in the higher ranks (director to C-level) but often excellent business acumen on the lower ranks (manager or lower). A lot of internal business conflicts and redundancies prevail, leading to high cost of operations.

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Philips Response
9y
Hi there, thanks for your feedback and thank you for being a part of our company. We always hope to work in a very effective and efficient manner. We hope that you have touched upon your criticism with the team that you were active in during your time with us. Some of your advice does ring with us, as we do intend to compensate the hard work our employees do in the right way. We believe that is something that enables us to bring value in the market, as we like to motivate our employees to be part of the innovation and our philosophy of the company. This does help a lot with our mission to bring innovation that matters. In any case, we would like to thank you for your hard work with us and creating a nice working environment.
1.0
Jun 25, 2016

Material Handler

Recommend
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Pros

Air conditioned warehouse, that's all they got to offer thee employees. There not many words to mention on the pros..

Cons

Underpaid, unfair treatment of employees, favoritism, unprofessional management to say the least. It's not what you know in this company but who you know.

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Philips Response
9y
Thanks for being with us for more than 8 years already. We appreciate you coming here and share your opinion. We are sad to read the cons you are mentioning. We take these very seriously. It’s a pity to hear that you feel mistreated. Our remuneration packages match those of other global industry leaders, while performance-related benefits increase in line with value and results. We do stimulate our people to speak with their manager or even the Philips Ethics Line if they think something is not (ethical) right. Because all Philips employees should be part of an annual review program to assess performance and development, recognize and reward achievement, and should be rewarded and treated accordingly. And we do agree that employees are vital for our company. You and all your colleagues have helped us to build, which we are very thankful for.
2.0
Jun 17, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

It is a very stable company

Cons

Very little incentive to try to advance your career. Way too much process and too many people hired just to enforce and monitor processes.

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Philips Response
9y
Thank you for taking the time to write a review for our company on Glassdoor. We’re thankful for your contribution to Philips as a system design engineer at our Boston offices. As you’ve experienced for more than five years Philips is a matrixed organization and we always challenge ourselves to continuously improve our processes. Our structure allows for long term career mobility across business groups, applications, projects and geographies in a stable environment. We’re glad you would recommend working for Philips and we thank you for your feedback. It will help us to enable a successful future for all the people working at Philips.
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