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 (205) , Field Service Engineer (158) , Senior Manager (126) , Internship (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 1152 reviews)); "Good Benefits and time off" ((in 754 reviews)); "People in other departments were great to work with and truly seemed to care about the company." ((in 706 reviews)); "Culture is good and flexible" ((in 580 reviews)); "Good pay (they need to pay well in order to get people to stay)." ((in 341 reviews))

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

"Bad manager = bad experience." ((in 193 reviews)); "Frequent reorgs and layoffs." ((in 141 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 112 reviews)); "poor senior management, poor HR, very hieratical" ((in 46 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

(10,503 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 10,503 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

3.0

Jul 15, 2019

Health industry is taking a beating by universal insurance stranglehold

Technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and flexible work hours

Cons

Downsizing of service organization, detrimental to customer in the end

Philips Response

6y

Hello, and thanks for leaving your thoughts on your time with us here. We’d like to let you know that management is also active on this platform, so your concerns about the organisation have been duly noted. We’re happy to see that you felt adequately compensated and that we were able to offer you a flexible schedule. Thanks again for sharing, that’s truly much appreciated, and all the best for now.

3.0

Jul 10, 2019

Lost job to china

Computer test technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits and time off.

Cons

Management blew it. Don’t reinvent the wheel.

Philips Response

6y

It's appreciated that you've taken a moment to share your experience here. It's most unfortunate to hear what happened to the division you've been part of. Please know that decisions like these aren't taken lightly, as we are fully aware that people their livelihood depends on their positions with us. I do wish you all the best in going forward with your career - that you may find something that fits your skillset soon.

1.0

Mar 2, 2019

bad management

Production line worker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

only the benefits and the pay was exceptional for the amount of work you were doing.

Cons

I worked for Philips respironics, and they had a good boss, and then they got a new boss, the new boss was very unexperienced and he treated everyone like slaves. BEWARE.

Philips Response

7y

Hi there, thanks for sharing your experience on here of the short time that you've been with us. It's regrettable to hear that you feel this way about the leadership in your area of expertise, as we do think it's crucial for our employees to be able to level with management. Your feedback is much appreciated. Please know that our management reads these pages as well. I would like to wish you all the best in your career going forward.

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