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      Philips reviews

      3.8

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (10,492 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 10,492 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 Industrie manufacturière industry (3.7 stars).

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      10K reviews
      3.0
      Jul 31, 2021

      Good colleagues, questionable leadership

      Project software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working here means you're working on products that improve the lives of real people. It's very satisfying to hear about someone benefitting from something you worked on or to see someone using a device out in the real world. The pay and benefits are good and the majority of your colleagues are great people who want to do great things to help others. I enjoyed working with the people on my team every day. You have the potential to move around within the global Philips organization, though this is limited by available openings at any given time. My manager was great.

      Cons

      While you're working on devices that improve people's lives, you're not really working on anything new/exciting. You're either working on maintaining existing products or developing "new products." New product development is pressured to reuse what was done in the past, and is largely driven by reaction to what competitors release instead of trying to get out ahead. Even after COVID, remote work is frowned upon and your career advancement opportunities are severely limited if you are a remote worker. Change is seen as bad and will meet strong resistance in favor of "doing it like we've always done it." They want to attract new talent but insist on using dated methods. Portions of the organization are very much a "good old boys" club that will not hesitate to blame others to advance their own interest. Constantly fighting fires and changing priorities. Communication is terrible with leaders in different parts of the organization delivering different, sometimes conflicting messages about any given topic. Communications are usually full of business buzzwords and a message of improvement but there's never any substance or action behind the message.

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      Philips Response
      4y
      Hi there, thank you for sharing this level of detail in this review - it's very helpful to hear and understand your perspective. First of all, we're delighted you found many rewarding experiences working with Philips, though it's unfortunate there were some drawbacks in regards to our ways of working. We would highly encourage you to bring these concerns to your HR representative or manager in order to gather some points of improvements. Philips Management is also active on this platform, so your feedback will be taken into consideration for future improvements. Thanks for supporting our mission to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. We wish you all the best.
      1.0
      May 14, 2021

      Worst Experience at a Company I Love

      Long term resource planner
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Not speaking to the organization I am in but to the company. The benefits are great at Philips, everything from paying your gym fees to a ton of time off. Sick leave is also generous. There are managers that exist at Philips that truly care about their employee's and want you to grow within the company but as a person too.

      Cons

      Speaking to the organization and not about the company. It is terrible. It is an abusive place to work with management that loves to micro-manage everything possible. I am not kidding I was asked to show how I have my email inbox set up. I would stay away from this job, I am actually trying to leave it as we speak. Work at Philips but never, ever take this job. They will sell you on how great it is and how "you'll run your own region" but they spend so much time hovering over that you don't run it at all. I have had some bad jobs in my life but this one takes the cake. The last one I would note, you have a ton of vacation at Philips but the management that runs this role basically won't allow you to use it sighting that "they cannot have more than two employees off a day" when there are 52 people split between two supervisors. Think about how many people take days off around national holidays... good luck because you have to compete with your co-workers now to even use that vacation.

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      Philips Response
      4y
      Thank you for sharing some insights on your current work experience in such details. It is helpful for us to hear and understand. We're sorry to hear that your experience is not a positive one. We very much regret to read that you're having an experience that is not consistent with the company’s values and intentions. We do take these matters seriously and your comments have been noted by Philips Management. May we take this opportunity to encourage you to schedule a meeting with your HR representative to address the current work culture you're experiencing. In any case, we are thankful for your time with us and we wish you all the best in your career.
      1.0
      Mar 9, 2021

      Fraudulent, misrepresenting & Harassing

      Senior accounting specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nothing Really. If you do not have your own identity, you may try to use its brand to some extent. 9 months Maternity leave. Paternity leave is also fine.

      Cons

      1. Being a health-care organization, it never give importance to its employee's health. 2. HR team/ TA team are totally misrepresenting and unqualified. 3. While hiring, they tell all the lies about the Job Title, Team, Responsibilities, Salary, etc. Once you join, everything will be different and nobody will redress your problems. 4. HR managers are completely gross negligent a work. They collude with Managers and oppress the people who are facing problems. There is no integrity at all. 5. Not at all a place for professionals like CA, CS, CWA etc. These TA teams are misrepresenting the professional bodies also by portraying as Manufacturing companies. But, In reality, they will ask you to do back end accounting work. 6. Managers are unqualified and donno how to handle people. 7. Attrition rate is very high due to misrepresentations. 8. The main reason for this behaviour is CEO, CFO and other Executive management is looking into Chennai GBS and the local leads are taking undue advantage of that. 9. They will torture you in Notice Period to hell.

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      Philips Response
      5y
      Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. We regret to read about how you've so far experienced working for our company in Chennai. The experience you describe does not reflect the culture we strive to build at Philips. We hope that we can encourage you to share your story via our Ethics line, to enable the matter to be formally reviewed: https://secure.ethicspoint.eu/domain/media/en/gui/100518/index.html. We wish you all the best moving forward.
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