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

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 Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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10K reviews
1.0
May 8, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting projects to work on Great retirement plans

Cons

Most employee work 24/7 accommodating people in multiple time zones. If you are in Pacific Time Zone, you day at work normally starts around 6AM. There are no processes around anything. Company follows a legacy process that they invited which doesn't align with reality of how cross-functional disciplines operate. Design processes are being recognized by or followed by anybody even design teams as they mainly care to align with whatever legacy rule they have to follow. The people who have a seat at the table when making decisions are mainly the execs. Often, designers end up designing products that look like garbage and present no logics. Salaries almost never increase even though they are supposed to raise every year. You see 50something dollars more in your paycheck after you've been company slave for a year. Designgers whose job is to invent Healthcare products are often dominated by former medical workers who joined Philips to perform medical exams and assist Engineering. If you are a designer, you are being perceived as a wireframe monkey whose job is to follow what the medical professionals will tell you. The moment you advocate for a better user experience, your presence can become a problem. People who manage designers mostly care about their reputation but not about the happiness of their employees at work. Salaries are low. Once you've joined, forget about raise.

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Philips Response
5y
Thank you for sharing this level of detail – it is helpful to hear and understand your perspective and experience working at Philips. It's unfortunate to hear you didn't have such a positive outcome in this department. We would advise you to schedule a meeting with your HR representative or your manager in order to address gaps in your employment experience and identify potential development opportunities. Philips Management is also active on this platform, so your comments will be taken into account. We always appreciate honest and frank reviews in order to improve our ways of working. We wish you all the best.
4.0
Mar 10, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent Benefits. Empathetic Management. Flexible Hours.

Cons

REALLY early hours if you are based on the West Coast. Expectation that you will start your day at 4AM regularly. Really white, male organization. We just had IWD and there was a focus on how many women in senior leadership but I'm not seeing that. I am a L80 and I am regularly the only woman in meetings and the rest are all white men. The diversity clearly isn't in my department.

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Philips Response
5y
Hi there, thank you for taking the time to review your employer. Your feedback is very welcome. We're glad to hear that you're keen on working for Philips in Alpharetta and that you're happy with the provided benefits and flexible hours. At Philips we believe that the best place to work is an inclusive and diverse one and we regret that you don't see the diversity you expected to see in your department. When it comes to the working hours: we understand that having to start very early is not always too ideal (or possible). We'll make sure to forward your feedback and advice to our management, but please feel free to share your thoughts with your HR representative as well (if you haven't yet). Thank you again for leaving your review here on Glassdoor and thank you for being on board!
1.0
Dec 15, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good name on your resume, Sonicare is a beloved brand.

Cons

Toxic environment where shortsighted expat leaders rotate in and out on their 3 year contracts and do what they need to get their bonus and move on. Politics everywhere, leaders with huge egos just looking out for themselves, minimal training and investment into people, constant firefighting and repeating the same mistakes over and over, dated campus and buildings, below market pay, and HR is abysmal.

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Philips Response
6y
Hi there, thank you for taking the time to share your honest thoughts and experiences here. We regret hearing that you feel like the people aren’t valued enough and that the focus is too much on profit. Should you want to address your concerns, we recommend contacting our independent EthicsPoint. You can find them here: https://secure.ethicspoint.eu/domain/media/en/gui/100518/index.html. Thanks again, and we wish you all the best with your career.
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