Philips reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,507 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 10,507 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 Manufactura industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jan 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good compensation and benefits package. Clean and appealing work environment. Good public image.

Cons

I observed a pattern of poor planning, noticeable chaos, and dissension among management. One prominent example was the dictation that employees perform routine work contributing toward the development of a "knowledge base" system to be implemented to assist technical support staff members. The work was submitted; however little feedback, followup or develop was provided by management. More disappointingly the proposed knowledge base was never implemented. I could provide many other such examples. Bottom line, I would not recommend (at least in my division) Philips as an employer. I'm disappointed to say that my experience with Philips was an impression of the most dysfunctional corporate environment I had encountered in my 30 year career. I would hope that my experience was limited to the Information Technologies subdivision of Philips Healthcare. Hopefully, the are other people whose observations were more positive than my own. Remember, this is a subjective opinion of one person.

4.0
Jan 9, 2014

Great company, too much turnaround

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people. Excellent benefits. Consistent recognition and praise.

Cons

Lay-offs, frequent turn around in management

3.0
Dec 9, 2013

Middling

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company has great products. There are some very talented marketing professionals at the company. They understand life work balance - probably because they are based in the Netherlands.

Cons

It's a large company that has grown through acquisitions which, as usual, created disconnection. The different businesses in the Healthcare division often act like competitors instead of team members. The company does not have a strong corporate core and continues to downsize the corporate organization in favor of distributing the functions. This results in a lack of cohesiveness.

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