Philips reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,503 total reviews)
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Roy Jakobs

73% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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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11K reviews
5.0
Jun 13, 2016

Just Started

Recommend
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Pros

They seem quite eager to get me on-board. Offered a HEFTY signing bonus to move to a different city.

Cons

None so far... I'm just a bit in the dark as to what the day to day will be like. And I'm a bit nervous of what my expectations are, considering how much I was offered.

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Philips Response
9y
Great to read you just joined the Philips family! A different city and a new job, these things represent some big changes in your life. We’re fully convinced that you will enjoy your time working with us and hope that you feel at home soon. We can imagine there are no ‘cons’ to mention so far, but please know that should there be any we’d love to hear them so we can continue to foster a work environment in which all of our people’s ideas, knowledge, perspectives, experiences and styles are valued.
2.0
Jun 10, 2016

Struggling to stay

Recommend
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Pros

Market space and vision

Cons

Disorganized and undisciplined. Love initiatives vs execution. Very little sr level accountability. Diversity is a joke 1970s mindset

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Philips Response
9y
We were sorry to read your comments but thank you for taking the time to share your views. We acknowledge this has been a time of great change at Philips, separating from lighting and shifting our focus to health tech has required a lot of dynamic working and fast-paced change. We hope this can also be a rewarding time for our employees as we broaden our skills, are exposed to new ways of working and move into new markets. I’m not sure we can effectively address your concerns here but as you know we’re currently in mid-year PPM cycle so now’s the best time to have an open and frank discussion with your manager. The whole purpose of the PPM is to give you an opportunity to review your career objectives, address the challenges you face and discuss longer-term career aspirations, which of course we hope will be at Philips. We’re glad your aligned with our mission and vision for the future and hope you’ll be able to continue to drive change and inspire others to do the same as we continue on our journey of transformation.
2.0
May 23, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Massive company, many opportunities to meet people from around the world. Company generally has a pretty good reputation. Non-cash benefits are fantastic. Company cares about health and is working towards implementing beautiful work environments for their employees.

Cons

American groups are mired with cronyism. Terrible managers and senior employees can sit tight and get away with not doing much work (not sure why, there were many instances where massive screw-ups should have led to corporate governance, but nothing ever seemed to happen). Tons of turnover in the junior levels because of this. Salaries are not competitive given the expected work. 10% of the days that I spent working at this company were 16+ hour days, the next 15% were 12 hour days, the next 25% were 10 hour days, and the remaining 50% were 9 hour days. Whenever this was brought up during compensation review, we were ignored or told that the company was trying to lower its finance costs/Revenue numbers. Maybe you should try harder to expand that denominator or even look for some of that dead-weight I mentioned before.

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Philips Response
10y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review about your work experience at Philips. We are happy to read you loved our company as a whole. As Philips we're grateful you were part of our company for more than a year and supported us with your financial skills. We will definitely take your remarks about the work ethic in your former office into account. Your feedback will help us to continuously improve the lives of your former colleagues and the efficiency of the organization.
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