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      Philips

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      Philips reviews

      3.8

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (10,495 total reviews)
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      Roy Jakobs

      74% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      Philips has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,495 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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      Reviews by job title

      10K reviews
      3.0
      Mar 23, 2017

      look around before you join here

      R&d engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good work - life balance, bright colleagues, strong R&D, comparatively friendly atmosphere.

      Cons

      lots of road blocks to growth, growth not based on caliber of work but on networking and politicking, top heavy organization, too much focus on process rather than allowing scientists and engineers to be creative, too many reorganizations.

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      Philips Response
      9y
      Hello, thanks for taking the time to write a review about your experience at Philips. Having great colleagues to work with in a strong R&D environment sounds like very positive aspects to your work and we're happy to hear that. Our company is indeed in transition and we can imagine that you have seen quite a few changes over the past couple of years. We appreciate all the feedback you've given us and want to thank you for the work you've been doing for us!
      2.0
      Feb 23, 2017

      Supervisor Role

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent people working at Technician and Assembly level. They are under appreciated.

      Cons

      They have a Review System where employees are reviewed on a bell curve. HR and Upper Management force Supervisors to rate average, good employees as BAD Employees. You have to to have 4 or 5 employees end up in the "needs improvement" category, even if they are perfectly fine employees. It is demoralizing for everyone. Company is owned by the Netherlands. So they have these crazy yearly surveys where employees rate Supervisors and Managers. It can get pretty weird. Employee grudges from bad reviews are dealt through the surveys. Supervisors routinely are pushed out when they get a bad survey review from an unhappy employees who the company forces you to give a "needs improvement" review. The entire system is very devious.

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      Philips Response
      9y
      Hi there, First of all we’d like to thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us and our audience. We welcome all kinds of feedback and we can learn a lot from former employees. Your honest opinion is very much appreciated. We regret hearing you didn’t feel enough recognition from the managers. We’re sorry if this made you look for another job. We wish you all the best in your professional career!
      1.0
      Jan 12, 2017

      Poor culture, pathetic "leadership"

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some training opportunities. Good benefits, but other companies have matched these benefits. Job security-very rarely would they let an employee go.

      Cons

      Stressful and tense political culture. Management not interested in producing quality work. Blame comes freely from managment to employees, but recognition is never given for good work. Management gossips about employees and their "incompetence". Does not promote innovation but is very good at self promotion and inflation of achievements--without substance to back up claims. Generally an unprofessional work environment. Sexism occurs more frequently than it should. There was never any plan for the project leading to lack of focus and direction at all levels.

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      Philips Response
      9y
      Hi there. First of all we would like to thank you for your hard work and efforts for our company. It is truly appreciated and we hope that you have found another good employer in the meantime. We value your feedback and we think we can learn from honest opinions like yours! We are sorry to hear about the negative experiences with the working environment and management. We don’t want you to feel any hate and we take your review seriously. Please do know that we do recognize your role in our company and that we need all our employees hard work to be able to grow.
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