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 1147 reviews)); "Good benefits and ability to work remote" ((in 735 reviews)); "People in other departments were great to work with and truly seemed to care about the company." ((in 699 reviews)); "Culture is good and flexible" ((in 585 reviews)); "Good pay (they need to pay well in order to get people to stay)." ((in 335 reviews))

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

"Bad manager = bad experience." ((in 194 reviews)); "Certain project teams have poor leadership which leads to many headaches with implementation of products." ((in 138 reviews)); "We were warned before about Philips having many layoffs and it seems to be the go to." ((in 131 reviews)); "Poor upper management more concerned with meaningless metrics." ((in 114 reviews)); "There's no training or proper guidance for the newbies." ((in 67 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

(10,506 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 10,506 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

2.0

Jan 21, 2013

Constant threat of layoffs

Contract administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company with growth potential.

Cons

Bottom line is always money. Have laid off and downsized a lot in past five years, employees stepped up and are doing the job of two to three people without compensation. Work hard and your only reward is remaining employed.

2.0

Jan 18, 2013

Customer Service

Customer service

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great team to work with

Cons

Philips has changed the dynamics of the lighting industry

3.0

Jan 16, 2013

Philips Trainee: good staring point for career.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good atmosphere, interesting tasks, a lot of training and opportunity to make change

Cons

Company prefers hiring new people for job openings instead of promoting people already working for it.

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