Philips reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(10,485 total reviews)
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74% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Philips has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,485 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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3.0
Feb 2, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

A global company with good technology, good people and good benefits. They support self-development through internal training classes. Unfortunately the talent is wasted because Philips fosters a culture of consensus. Consensus is good but Philips has taken it to a level that paralyzes and stifles the talent that can help Philips become the industry leader.

Cons

In 2 years, I have witnessed 3 reorganizations in one department. Our product development lifecycle process is longer than that. Constantly reorganizing singles reactionary leadership not strategic leadership. The multiple reorganizations have led to a lot of political wrangling and fulfillment of personal agendas that have not benefitted the company. The business group is the only one that is profitable but it could be 4 or 5 times as profitable. The business unit is too risk averse; most decisions are done by committee which increases the length of time to develop an action plan and implement it. Strong decisive leadership is not encouraged.

4.0
Feb 1, 2009

Good place to work.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Communication flow is good. Senior management as far information flow is concerned are good at sending information.

Cons

Large business - lack of focus in terms of area responsibility. Areas of responsibility are not as defined as they could be. Use of talent pool is also slightly lacking.

4.0
Jan 28, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are on par with other electronics corps this size. Middle management is good--they try to convey as much information as possible to keep us in the loop. However, since decisions are made on a nationwide scale, much gets lost in translation. Work teams/divisions are kept small and rapport is good.

Cons

It is a huge worldwide corporation. Executive decisions come from all over the United States. So, communication could be better. Salaries could be higher/competitive. For awhile, we were underpaid--they need to keep up with United States salary norms. Professional development is sometimes pushed to the side. Opportunities to tele-commute should be looked at.

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