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      Philips reviews

      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (10,500 total reviews)
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      Roy Jakobs

      73% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      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 10,500 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
      Aug 26, 2018

      Process heavy company quickly falling behind the high-tech world

      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Very laid back work atmosphere. 35-40 hour work weeks for most employees. Great People. Small enough that you aren't lost in the ocean but big enough that you can make a good group of friends. Relatively safe industry. Orders are pretty consistent Y-O-Y.

      Cons

      Salaries are ~$50K below high-tech sector and benefits are few and far between. A lot of technical debt and legacy code. You will spend A LOT of time looking at 20 year old code. Nothing particularly groundbreaking going on from a high-tech perspective. If you're motivated by new software technologies you will find few at Philips. Philips values their optimizers (people who work with Ultrasound as a science and they are usually PhDs). They are core to the company while others are not held in as high regard. Those outside the core group will likely feel very disconnected from customers as well as the ultrasound product. In 5 years, I saw maybe 3 live scanning sessions and never once visited a customer site/talked with a customer. Ultrasound is a class II regulated medical device. As a result there is a lot of paperwork and regulation to follow throughout development. This will feel like a snail's pace for anyone coming from high-tech. Not a great place to grow your career unless you want to work in health-tech.

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      Philips Response
      7y
      Hi there, thanks for taking the time to tell us more about your time working for Philips. I'm happy to read that you worked in a friendly and social work environment. Thanks for sharing a critical note as well, this keeps us sharp and helps us improve as an employer. All the best in your further career.
      1.0
      Aug 2, 2018

      On design studio

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The kind of projects one will get with Philips. Also learning opportunities with the cross cultural design folks across the world.

      Cons

      A lot. We are all IIT/ NID/Shrishti grads in the India studio, proven in design knowledge and industry experience. The leadership in the design studio however is run by favoritism . Anyone looking to apply to the design group here has to cautious that attrition has gone through the roof in the last 6 months...16 people resigned in the last 6 months- for a number to quote. The culture is stifling, impenetrable coz of politics, opposite of creativity and encourager of nepotism. Unless the design leadership in India changes, don't join Philips. I truly regret that a brilliant organisation is facing these problems and is unable to come to know of these problems.

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      Philips Response
      7y
      Thanks for your review. It is unfortunate to read about your experience with certain aspects of management in your division. Your feedback is noted, and I'm glad to read that you do enjoy the projects you get to work on and have plenty of learning opportunities within your role.
      2.0
      Aug 2, 2018

      Sucks

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      You meet some cool people Sometimes they have events like bbqs and pot lucks

      Cons

      Management doesn’t care about their staff. They have unrealistic expectations for metrics. They come to work and don’t do anything but will penalize you if you don’t do what they want. The hours suck. When you first start out you’re most likely working a 3pm-11pm shift with days off in the middle of the week. The program they use stops working so you are sometimes unable to answer an alarm for 5 mins. They’re constantly understaffed because they treat their employees like crap. The turn over is ridiculous

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      Philips Response
      7y
      We appreciate that you have taken some time to reflect on your experience during your time with us. From your review I can see that the management experience wasn't ideal. Please be assured that we do track these reviews weekly and feedback is shared internally. Wishing you all the best moving forward.
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