Does Philips pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Philips employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Philips. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Philips?

72% of Philips employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Philips 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Philips?

Software Engineer (382) , Intern (286) , Project Manager (245) , Senior Software Engineer (205) , Field Service Engineer (158) , Senior Manager (126) , Internship (125) , Manager (120) , Software Technologist I (118) , Account Manager (111) , Director (95) , Engineer (91) , Product Manager (80) , Marketing (74) , Software Technologist II (73)

What are the pros of working at Philips according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance Get a chance to work on a problem statement which has a very good real world impact" ((in 1159 reviews)); "Good Benefits and Some Good Hard Working People" ((in 768 reviews)); "Older management were all awesome but once Philips integrated their managers and beliefs into volcano people it wasn’t great." ((in 694 reviews)); "Culture is good and flexible" ((in 579 reviews)); "Good pay (they need to pay well in order to get people to stay)." ((in 336 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Philips according to real employee reviews?

"2) Full of negative environment and poor management" ((in 509 reviews)); "Bad manager = bad experience." ((in 182 reviews)); "lots of layoffs at the end of every year" ((in 135 reviews)); "Certain project teams have poor leadership which leads to many headaches with implementation of products." ((in 134 reviews)); "Poor upper management more concerned with meaningless metrics." ((in 114 reviews))

What are employees saying about Philips layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Philips layoffs and their outlook for job security at Philips in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Philips locations?

Hamburg , Böblingen , München , Stuttgart , Berlin , Heilbronn , Ulm , Aachen , Bremen , Ansbach , Dresden , Frankfurt am Main , Eschweiler , Düsseldorf , Wentorf , Herrsching am Ammersee

Philips reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,505 total reviews)

Roy Jakobs

73% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Philips has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,505 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 Produktion industry (3.7 stars).

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11K reviews

2.0

Jul 17, 2023

No recommended

System engineer/specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A large company with a well-established business model.

Cons

Tons of work and little pay. It seems selective about who gets paid fairly and who doesn't. Lots of very racist employees, especially from Europe and the USA. HR is completely useless to end the cycle.

Philips Response

2y

Thanks for taking the time to share your experience here. We’re sorry to hear that it hasn’t been a pleasant one: this is not in line with our values as an employer, and we take this quite seriously. Therefore, we would like to encourage you to contact our independent Ethics line: https://secure.ethicspoint.eu/domain/media/en/gui/100518/report.html. This way, our colleagues can investigate the matter further. Also, please know that the upper management is visible on this platform too, so your feedback has been duly noted. Thanks again, and we wish you all the best going forward.

1.0

Mar 4, 2023

Philips GBS is destroying the legacy of Philips Innovation

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good perks, food, car lease scheme etc.

Cons

Toxic work culture in Philips GBS, office politics, even if you generate multi million dollar value to Philips business, you will be rated as a poor performer since you don't contribute to GBS back office. GBS Analytics (GDMA) especially is a crap and they never do real analytics rather they don't let you perform advanced analytics. Performance management is pathetic. They set a performance target of 300k savings for a manager handling 10-20 people and they also set 200k for one manager who doesn't manage a team. Poor mathematics.

Philips Response

3y

Thank you for sharing a few words about your experience at Philips. It's clear that this experience hasn't been a positive one. We're here to listen and understand, and your feedback will be used in our continuous efforts to improve. We also recommend scheduling a meeting with your HR Representative, as to address any gaps. Wishing you all the best with your career.

1.0

Jan 26, 2023

Corrupt culture, stay away

Field service engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary will be paid on time

Cons

In a culture as corrupt as Philips, leaders and managers don't know what they are doing and only care about their career prospects and how to please their bosses in every decision they make. Favoritism is rampant and there is a leadership meltdown or coup every few years. It appears as though no one in the local leadership in Canada cares about direct reports or their customers but they are good at coming up with empty buzzwords. It's a disgusting culture.

Philips Response

3y

Hello, thanks for taking the time to write a review, we really appreciate your feedback. It’s fantastic to hear that you have been supporting our mission for over 20 years, thank you! We regret to hear that your Philips experience hasn't been a positive one. Your thoughts will be noted and our management is also active here on Glassdoor and is listening. Thank you for your continuous cooperation with Philips!

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