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 (287) , Project Manager (245) , Senior Software Engineer (205) , Field Service Engineer (158) , Senior Manager (126) , Internship (125) , Manager (121) , 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 1136 reviews)); "Good benefits and ability to work remote" ((in 775 reviews)); "Older management were all awesome but once Philips integrated their managers and beliefs into volcano people it wasn’t great." ((in 696 reviews)); "Culture is good and flexible" ((in 588 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 190 reviews)); "Certain project teams have poor leadership which leads to many headaches with implementation of products." ((in 140 reviews)); "We were warned before about Philips having many layoffs and it seems to be the go to." ((in 133 reviews)); "Poor upper management more concerned with meaningless metrics." ((in 115 reviews)); "poor senior management, poor HR, very hieratical" ((in 41 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

(10,507 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 10,507 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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Reviews by job title

11K reviews

1.0

Apr 26, 2025

Bad

Managing director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Going down fast. Would not recommend working here. Poor management.

Cons

Poor management that does not care about the employees

Philips Response

1y

Thank you for your review. We're very sorry to hear how you feel about the management at Philips. Our people mean a lot to us and we regret that your experience doesn't reflect this by far. We’re doing our best to provide our leadership team with the right tools for continuous improvement, with the focus on our consumers and employees. Your comments will be duly noted, but if you've observed any behavior that you think isn't consistent with our General Business Principles or our Behaviors, we would like to encourage you to share this via our Ethics line, so a formal investigation could be opened. You can find our Ethics line on the following page: https://secure.ethicspoint.eu/domain/media/en/gui/100518/index.html. We follow up on all concerns raised. Thank you again for taking the time to provide feedback. This is valuable to us. We wish you all the best moving forward.

4.0

Apr 26, 2025

Good company

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Posibility for advencement Salary competitive

Cons

Some chalenges over the years

Philips Response

1y

Thank you for sharing your feedback here on Glassdoor. We're pleased to hear that, even though it could be challenging at times, you've enjoyed the 20 plus years you've worked for our company in Montreal. We aim to provide all our people with a rewarding career experience and it's good to hear that this has been the case for you. We wish you all the best with everything you do next.

5.0

Apr 25, 2025

Great company culture

Electrical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Innovation supported culture - Feedback on process and organization taken seriously

Cons

- Lots of corporate bloat - Tight budgets

Philips Response

1y

Thank you for your review. We're pleased to hear that your experience working for our company as Electrical Engineer has been a great one and that especially the innovative culture and the acceptation / implementation of feedback stand out for you. It's of course also valuable to us to know what you think could be changed/improved: your feedback on the budgets and on the number of employees in relation to the amount of work is much appreciated and will be noted. Thank you again for saying a few words about your experience. Happy to have you on board.

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