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 1159 reviews)); "Good Benefits and Some Good Hard Working People" ((in 768 reviews)); "Older management were all awesome but once Philips integrated their managers and beliefs into volcano people it wasn’t great." ((in 694 reviews)); "Culture is good and flexible" ((in 579 reviews)); "Good pay (they need to pay well in order to get people to stay)." ((in 336 reviews))

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

"2) Full of negative environment and poor management" ((in 509 reviews)); "Bad manager = bad experience." ((in 182 reviews)); "lots of layoffs at the end of every year" ((in 135 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 114 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.

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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).

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11K reviews

5.0

May 12, 2013

Very Satisfied at Philips Lighting, although future is bleak for my sector.

Systemadministrator / leiter edv

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great Salary and compensations, lots of vacations days. The Company as a whole is one a great place to work. Great career opportunities if you really show yourself.

Cons

I work for Philips Lighting in the "traditional" lighting sector. Everything is LED now and my plant is not part of this future, 2 years of life at most.

4.0

May 11, 2013

A good learning ground

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Plenty of space for learning, allow one to take charge of his career, cross functional transfers are very encouraged.

Cons

doesn't manage poor performers well, allows a big bunch of them to breed which hinders progress of projects.

3.0

May 11, 2013

Amazing opportunities to contribute and grow but messed up by HR and Middle Management. Top performers stay away.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great flexibility to choose your assignments. Great opportunities to learn and contribute. Opportunity to work on global assignments. Diversity in the nature of assignments.

Cons

Pay not linked with performance. HR and Middle management practices/attitude not conducive for the fast growth of Top performers. Socialist model of salary.

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Very Satisfied at Philips Lighting, although future is bleak for my sector.

A good learning ground

Amazing opportunities to contribute and grow but messed up by HR and Middle Management. Top performers stay away.

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