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 demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

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).

Reviews by job title

11K reviews

3.0

Jul 18, 2022

Management crashes a good culture

Research scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very talent and nice people to work with,

Cons

Micromanaging, destructive and demotivate managing style just killed a good culture it used to be.

Philips Response

3y

Hi there, thanks for your comment here. We're happy to hear you've had an overall positive experience when it comes to collaborating with your colleagues, though it's unfortunate there were some drawbacks regarding this position too. We’re interested in providing our people with a rewarding career experience, so please feel free to bring this up to your HR representative or manager to discuss some points of improvement. We're also actively reading all reviews on this platform, so your feedback will be taken into consideration in order to improve our future ways of working. Thanks for supporting our mission to improve people’s lives.

1.0

Jul 10, 2022

Not too bad

Catalogue specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance , WFH

Cons

1) Boss calling you greedy when you ask for more in Salary Increment 2) Refuse to hire back ex employee due to some "policy".

Philips Response

3y

Thank you for saying a few words about the 4+ years you've been working as Catalogue Specialist for Philips in Singapore. It's appreciated. We're glad to read that you're able to maintain a healthy balance between work and your personal life, but we regret to hear that you've had an unpleasant experience with your manager while discussing your salary. Have you perhaps already brought this to the attention of your HR representative? If not, then we hope that we can encourage you to. Our management is also reading all reviews here on Glassdoor and is listening. We wish you all the best moving forward.

2.0

Jul 3, 2022

Poor management.

X-ray engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company car and gas card.

Cons

Poor management, no additional training.

Philips Response

3y

Hi there, thanks for your comment here. We're sorry to hear you didn't have such a positive experience working with Philips. We’re interested in providing our people with a rewarding career experience, so please feel free to bring this up to your manage or HR representative. We're also actively reading all reviews on this platform, so your feedback will be taken into consideration for improving our future ways of working. Thanks for supporting our mission to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Wishing you all the best.

Viewing 409 - 411 of 10,505 Reviews

Jobs at Philips

Sales Trainee Programm Health Systems (18 Monate) Region West (all genders)

Home office

View job

Sales Trainee Programm Health Systems (18 Monate) Region Nord-Osten (all genders)

Home office

View job

Praktikum – Marketing im Produktbereich Mother & Child Care (all genders)

Hamburg

View job

Werkstudent KI und Automatisierung im Bereich Service Operations (all genders)

Sales Trainee Programm Health Systems (18 Monate) Region Süd (all genders)

Home office

View job

Philips

Philips reviews

Company ratings over time

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

Management crashes a good culture

Not too bad

Poor management.

Jobs at Philips

Philips reviews FAQs

Want the inside scoop on your own company?

Bowls

Followed companies

Job searches

Company ratings over time

Jobs at Philips

Philips reviews FAQs