Is Philips a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Philips have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 384 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Philips employees being 3.8 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Philips now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Philips .

Does Philips pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Philips with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 384 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.6% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Philips.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Philips?

80% of Software Developer employees at Philips would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 4% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Philips with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.7 rating for culture and values and 3.6 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Philips?

Software Engineer (382) , Intern (286) , Project Manager (245) , Senior Software Engineer (205) , Field Service Engineer (158) , Senior Manager (126) , Internship (125) , Manager (120) , 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 1163 reviews)); "Good Benefits and Some Good Hard Working People" ((in 767 reviews)); "Older management were all awesome but once Philips integrated their managers and beliefs into volcano people it wasn’t great." ((in 700 reviews)); "Culture is good and flexible" ((in 582 reviews)); "Good pay (they need to pay well in order to get people to stay)." ((in 323 reviews))

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

"Bad manager = bad experience." ((in 191 reviews)); "Frequent reorgs and layoffs." ((in 142 reviews)); "Certain project teams have poor leadership which leads to many headaches with implementation of products." ((in 137 reviews)); "Poor upper management more concerned with meaningless metrics." ((in 116 reviews)); "poor senior management, poor HR, very hieratical" ((in 43 reviews))

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Philips Software Developer reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(384 total reviews)

Roy Jakobs

84% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

Software Developer employees have rated Philips with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 384 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Philips is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufactura industry (3.7 stars).

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384 reviews

2.0

Aug 26, 2018

Process heavy company quickly falling behind the high-tech world

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Very laid back work atmosphere. 35-40 hour work weeks for most employees. Great People. Small enough that you aren't lost in the ocean but big enough that you can make a good group of friends. Relatively safe industry. Orders are pretty consistent Y-O-Y.

Cons

Salaries are ~$50K below high-tech sector and benefits are few and far between. A lot of technical debt and legacy code. You will spend A LOT of time looking at 20 year old code. Nothing particularly groundbreaking going on from a high-tech perspective. If you're motivated by new software technologies you will find few at Philips. Philips values their optimizers (people who work with Ultrasound as a science and they are usually PhDs). They are core to the company while others are not held in as high regard. Those outside the core group will likely feel very disconnected from customers as well as the ultrasound product. In 5 years, I saw maybe 3 live scanning sessions and never once visited a customer site/talked with a customer. Ultrasound is a class II regulated medical device. As a result there is a lot of paperwork and regulation to follow throughout development. This will feel like a snail's pace for anyone coming from high-tech. Not a great place to grow your career unless you want to work in health-tech.

Philips Response

Hi there, thanks for taking the time to tell us more about your time working for Philips. I'm happy to read that you worked in a friendly and social work environment. Thanks for sharing a critical note as well, this keeps us sharp and helps us improve as an employer. All the best in your further career.

4.0

Jul 5, 2018

Work Life balance

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life and balance between your studies

Cons

Salary is less for fresher.

Philips Response

Hi there, Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, it's always valuable to learn from employees. We can imagine a higher salary would be desirable. Perhaps you can discuss the opportunities with your manager? Thanks for being with Philips and we wish you a nice day.

4.0

May 31, 2018

Philips is a great company to work for

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are on par with other large companies. Ability to work remote is very beneficial.

Cons

At times things become stressful with having to hit deadlines that were set by people not involved in the product on a day to day basis.

Philips Response

Hello, We're happy to read that you enjoy working for the company! Thanks for sharing your positive thoughts with us and keep up the good work.

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