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 (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))

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.

Philips reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(10,505 total reviews)

Roy Jakobs

73% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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Philips has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,505 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 (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

11K reviews

3.0

May 26, 2023

Current employee

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, great work life balance

Cons

Goals have become unrealistic and the senior leadership doesn’t care about tenured employees leaving

Philips Response

2y

We appreciate it that you've decided to say a few words about the 20+ years you've been working for our company in Philadelphia. Your experience is valuable to us. It's very important to us that our employees are able to maintain a healthy balance between work and personal life and we're glad to hear that this is the case for you. Your comments in regards to the senior management will be noted; our management is also active on this platform and is reading all reviews. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience!

1.0

Mar 1, 2023

Metrics over customers

Remote service engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and normal stuff with larger corporations

Cons

When making management numbers look good is more important that providing the service it’s always a bad sign.

Philips Response

3y

Hi, thank you for sharing a few words about your Philips experience. It's unfortunate to hear that it wasn't a positive one. It's unfortunate to hear that your experience with the Management didn't live up to your expectations. We appreciate your feedback, and it's going to be used in our continuous efforts to improve. Wishing you all the best with your career.

2.0

Feb 16, 2023

Poor Quality System & Layoffs

Senior manufacturing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance. Some good people.

Cons

Poor Quality System. Inefficient business processes. Layoffs, US site closures, and moving manufacturing outside US.

Philips Response

3y

Hello, we really appreciate your review and pleased to hear that you are satisfied with the work/life balance which we offer at Philips, we completely understand that our people have a life outside work too. It is a shame to hear though that you do not find the quality system and business processes adequate. Your feedback will be noted, our management is also monitoring all Glassdoor reviews and is listening. Thank you for supporting us in our mission!

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