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      Philips

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      Philips reviews

      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (10,505 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 10,505 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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      Reviews by job title

      11K reviews
      4.0
      Jun 17, 2019

      Great Place to Work

      Executive assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great work/life balance. Everyone is very helpful and friendly - more than willing to offer guidance while learning the ropes. Plenty of opportunity for growth and development. 95% of the people I've met have been employed at least 10 years - some even leaving and coming back which tells me that it's a great place to work.

      Cons

      HORRIBLE on-boarding experience - there's nobody to assist you will all of the different internal sites you must visit to set up everything you'll need. You don't need even know everything you need to set you because there's nobody to assist you. You're not given a checklist or a meeting with an HR rep to assist you. No IT department - everything is outsourced - you have to set up your own laptop and if there's a problem, good luck. The instructions they send you contain a web address if you encounter problems - but NO phone numbers. It's kind of hard to access a web address for assistance if you can't get on your laptop. I sat for 3 days with no laptop - which means i could literally do NOTHING - and everybody I spoke with said that 3 days was actually good - many people sat for weeks! Too many different internal sites to access everything - nothing is clear - you basically have to hope someone can help you navigate all of the intricacies.

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      Philips Response
      7y
      Hi there, We appreciate you being honest with us. We regret hearing the onboarding experience was like this. This is definitely not the first impression we want you to have of our company and we apologize for the inconvenience. We thank you for the feedback and we hope that your current experience with Philips is better than it initially was! We wish you a nice day.
      1.0
      Sep 27, 2018

      Unstable

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are no PROS left just the good people who still works there

      Cons

      Very Dysfunctional and very Unstable....

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      Philips Response
      7y
      Hi there, thanks for sharing your thoughts on Philips as your employer here. It's unfortunate to hear that, to you, it doesn't feel as a functional and stable place to work. Have you ever considered discussing this with your HR manager? If not, I'd definitely recommend you to do that. Once again, thanks for sharing, and take care!
      2.0
      Aug 26, 2018

      Process heavy company quickly falling behind the high-tech world

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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.
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