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 (244) , Senior Software Engineer (204) , Field Service Engineer (158) , Internship (125) , Senior Manager (125) , Manager (119) , 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 1134 reviews)); "A good benefits package and retirement fund" ((in 752 reviews)); "Older management were all awesome but once Philips integrated their managers and beliefs into volcano people it wasn’t great." ((in 704 reviews)); "Culture is good and friendly" ((in 573 reviews)); "Good pay (they need to pay well in order to get people to stay)." ((in 333 reviews))

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

"Bad manager = bad experience." ((in 192 reviews)); "Certain project teams have poor leadership which leads to many headaches with implementation of products." ((in 135 reviews)); "frequent layoffs and reorganizations can be stressful" ((in 127 reviews)); "Poor upper management more concerned with meaningless metrics." ((in 111 reviews)); "There's no training or proper guidance for the newbies." ((in 71 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

(10,500 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 10,500 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

5.0

Jun 9, 2018

Great place to work with interesting engineering projects.

Senior mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I work with a great group of people in Carlsbad, CA.

Cons

Pay raises as small and promotions slow. Lateral move opportunities are also not abundant.

Philips Response

8y

It's great to see an employee who has been with us for 8+ years is still having a positive experience! Thank you!

3.0

Apr 5, 2018

Volcano Days are over... Philips is great but transfer of knowledge overseas are written on the walls

Engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Worked in R&D for many years. Great products and brilliant engineers to work with. The day to day work is great as you never know what you will be working on. Cross-functional teams are very helpful and will bend over backwards if you get to know them. PTO and Prior Volcano Management was great.

Cons

Morale is down on all levels and departments no matter how hard management has tried. There are a tons of projects to work on but not enough resources so everyone is stretched very thin causing people to leave and be stressed out. Management made many bad choices from 2015-2017 and everyone in R&D is paying for this now. Tribal knowledge has now been retiring and no incentive to keep engineers in Rancho. Many good engineers have left who know the process, the product, and the design very well. Pay is terrible compared to other companies in the area. Philips management was brought in with the merge and it has not been good. most are just destroying the team and thinning out to move jobs to Netherlands. Philips is a great company but there is no expectation for them staying in Rancho Cordova which makes everyone worried.

Philips Response

8y

Hi there, we very much value your well-explained review and we’re thankful that you took the time to write and share it with us. It’s nice to hear that you enjoyed working with your co-workers and that you got to know your colleagues well. We’re sorry to hear that you feel like the morale hasn’t been optimal, though. Of course, there’s always room for improvement, so it’s much appreciated that you shared some points of feedback with us. We’d like to thank you for your hard work over the years and we wish you all the best in your further career!

1.0

Apr 3, 2018

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Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Good benefits, modern facilities (way too open though)

Cons

Horrible cold environment. Sadly there is no company culture. They have an "open space" office set up where you have to sit on a different cubicle everyday supposedly to improve communication but it is actually worse. You feel isolated and not a part of the company even when a few managers do try their best in their own way.

Philips Response

8y

Hello, we regret hearing that your experience is in working for us was one of working in a cold environment. That is not the kind of environment we wish to provide, and want to thank you for sharing that with us. We wish you all the best in your future career!

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