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 1147 reviews)); "Good benefits and ability to work remote" ((in 735 reviews)); "People in other departments were great to work with and truly seemed to care about the company." ((in 699 reviews)); "Culture is good and flexible" ((in 585 reviews)); "Good pay (they need to pay well in order to get people to stay)." ((in 335 reviews))

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

"Bad manager = bad experience." ((in 194 reviews)); "Certain project teams have poor leadership which leads to many headaches with implementation of products." ((in 138 reviews)); "We were warned before about Philips having many layoffs and it seems to be the go to." ((in 131 reviews)); "Poor upper management more concerned with meaningless metrics." ((in 114 reviews)); "There's no training or proper guidance for the newbies." ((in 67 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

(10,506 total reviews)

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73% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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Philips has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,506 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

4.0

Jun 26, 2025

Making impact for others

Project management office (pmo)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great job opportunity, empowered, collaborating while being autonomous, great colleagues, many development opportunities, fulfillment in role and company mission

Cons

The many reorgs, payment inequality

Philips Response

12mo

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience at the company so far. It makes us proud to hear that your role and the company mission gives you fullfilment and that you feel that you're making an impact. We appreciate your feedback and advice to the management as we're committed to offer all our employees a rewarding career experience. If you'd like to discuss your concerns in detail, we encourage you to schedule a meeting with your manager or HR representative. Thanks again for your feedback, it's important to us as our upper management is active on this platform as well. We're glad to have you, and we wish you all the best with your career.

4.0

Jun 25, 2025

Fine

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, work is not bad

Cons

Micromanagement, layoffs, pto denied sometimes

Philips Response

1y

Hi, thank you for reflecting on your 5 years at Philips. We're glad to hear that you enjoyed the benefits and appreciated the work you did. However, we regret to hear that our existing policies haven't added towards your positive experience as an employee. We appreciate you for sharing your honest feedback with us as our upper management is taking notes for further improvements of all our policies. Thanks again for sharing your experience with us, and we wish you all the best with the next chapter of your career.

2.0

Jun 25, 2025

Bad place to work

Rsm

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company, name recognition, large portfolio

Cons

Low pay, expensive benefits, no upward mobility

Philips Response

1y

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. While we appreciate your positive remarks regarding the stability, name recognition and large portfolio, we regret to hear that your overall experience wasn't good. It's unfortunate that the pay, benefits and lack of upward mobility all contributed towards your overall feelings. At the same time, we appreciate your advice to the management. Our upper management is active on this platform and listening very closely in order to continually improve and provide all our employees a rewarding career experience at Philips. Thanks again for your input, and we wish you all the best with your future career endeavors.

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