Philips reviews

High level management highly separated from anything in the company unless it can be derived from an excel spreadsheet. Management is highly metric centered. Each manager lives in fear of the one above of numbers not falling in line to the point any anomaly is covered up or made an exception, all but erasing any visibility to problems with any actions in the company. This is a major problem within Philips as nothing ever gets fixed because all metrics are made to look uniform to a fault. Management no longer shows any trust in field decision making, all decisions must be approved or double approved which makes for very slow logistics in any area.. Philips only values opinions if they are in line with decisions that have already been made, any opposing opinions or constructive criticism is frowned upon and will not be tolerated. It will cause you problems to be that person, just fall in line. New draconian vacation policy this year encourages competition rather than cooperation between field employees. Field support structure has been changed which leaves you pretty much on your own, or to rely on your teammates. New work scheduling tool wants field employees to continually change shift schedules to cut OT time. You still have to work late hours you just will no longer receive overtime pay for it. IT and Company applications are a complete mess, suffer from regular outages and/or don't work or won't be fixed making daily work frustrating. IT support comes from India and is even more frustrating. Annual review does not reward hard work or going the extra mile, managers are given a fixed amount of money and it must be divided evenly along a bell curve average. Work as hard as you want it won't get you any bigger raise. Even Philips' reward points system is largely ignored. It is a good job if you enjoy working in the field but you won't be treated as a valuable employee, more as disposable. HR Department is completely of no help at all.

There is zero training and development - don't believe what the website says, talent management is a joke and is all about internal politicking. Upper management has no vision, and regurgitates visions from other major multinationals. There is zero marketing savvy, strategic vision, or even operational discipline. However the company refuses to acknowledge its faults as bearers of bad news are often ostracized, and people who couch the truth are rewarded. This is a company that is truly lost, manages to attract talent based on the heritage of the brand, but almost all good talent leaves within the first one or two years, (sometimes even within months) once the reality of shoddy management becomes apparent. This is a company that has had zero growth in a decade, posted negative shareholder returns, and undergone 3-4 major reorganizations in as many years.