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Nice for beginners. - Senior Software Engineer Philips Employee Review

3.0

4 Aug 2017

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

You'll be involved in the development of an important and well known product. Good establishment. There's a chance that you'll be working on an international project, with people from many different countries.

Cons

Bureaucracy. Bureaucracy everywhere. From asking for a new mouse to buying a server, you'll face many obstacles along the way, and it'll always take looong time until you get what you need (if it ever happens). Terrible internal processes and tools for tasks and time tracking. Trello? Jira? Not in here! You don't get to work creating native code, but using only internal components of in-house frameworks. It's ok in the beginning of you career, but in the long run you won't actually learn anything new.

Philips Response

Hello, We appreciate you taking the time and effort to share your experiences working for our brand. It’s cool to read that you recognize we have an impact on people’s lives with our products. That’s one of the pillars of our company. We do also value the other points you’re making though. Philips should be a place where you can learn and develop yourself in any way you desire. We regret hearing you didn’t quite experience that yourself. We encourage you to talk to your manager about that. Wishing you all the best!

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5.0

11 Jun 2026

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Work life balance, pay, opportunities

Cons

Slow moving industry, management style

Philips Response

Thank you for sharing your perspective and for your ongoing dedication to our organization. We acknowledge the feedback regarding internal organizational dynamics. As a leader in a heavily regulated and critical sector, we remain fully focused on process optimization, streamlining decision-making, and enhancing leadership alignment to cultivate a highly agile environment for our teams worldwide. We encourage you to reach out to HR or your manager for an open discussion regarding your feedback, and we appreciate your continued contributions to our shared mission.

2.0

15 Jun 2026

Manufacturing project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The people in non- upper management roles that work there are fantastic. Great sense of community onsite and the culture champions are consistently looking for ways to make work life better.

Cons

Very poor communication on the strategy for the business unit. Leadership publicly promotes innovation and new ideas to be presented but then those ideas are shot down or penalized in private by current upper management. The business unit leadership says that don't want excuses for project delays but will then decide to do 3 major layoffs in the first two quarters with no transition plan, no support for gap in resources and no expectations to delayed progress.

Philips Response

Thanks for sharing your feedback and for your 7.5 years of service with us. It’s great to hear that you found a fantastic sense of community and culture onsite among your colleagues. We’re sorry to hear about your experience. Your perspective on management transparency and resource support is incredibly helpful, and we’re actively working to improve our ways of working. We appreciate your dedication over the years and your honest insights, which help us focus on building a better workplace. We wish you all the best in your future career.

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