Philips Healthcare Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Philips Healthcare full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Philips cares deeply about patient care, and the impact it's products make on quality of care. Ethics and integrity are high, and compliance to regulations globally are closely adhered too and monitored. Being a large company, growing a long term career is also possible and encouraged, although it is not easy and you must take ownership of you own career development.

Cons – Philips today is a company comprised of many acquisitions, which has created a culture that varies widely depending on the sector you are part of. Avoid imaging systems, heavy handed dictatorial management has created a negative culture. On the other hand, patient monitoring (PCCI) and HHS are very different, more collaborative, values employees and what they do.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your employees and customers, they are the future. Spend time creating a new imaging systems before it implodes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Philips Healthcare

Pros – -Benefits are great. No free lunches every day like they do at those start-ups, but the necessities are there.
-The management is willing to work around you, provided you get your stuff done.
-Plenty of work, and lots of room for horizontal movement.
-Good people here also. The company tries hard to break team silos.
-As an established company, the job is very stable.

Cons – - It's an FDA-regulated company, so look forward to lots of documents and formal processes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Philips Healthcare full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good benefits and more freedom than most companies.

Cons – workforce has aged a lot and the progress of the company is slow

Current Employee – been working at Philips Healthcare full-time for less than a year

Pros – - Flexible work environment
- Good benefits
- Easy parking

Cons – - Very metric focused - not how you do it but end performance that matters
- Unpleasant work environment - office is boring, quiet. Buildings on campus need some TLC.
- Everything is outsourced - IT, purchasing, call center, facilities, etc.
- Lots of lay-offs have occurred which have dampened spirits and fostered some fear

Advice to Senior Management – Provide more support to employees - trust them and don't always be so quick to lay-off and outsource.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Philips Healthcare

Pros – Great people to work side by side with
Pretty good salary and Benefits
Work form home and flexible with work and home life

Cons – Lay offs
Management is concerned with the bottom line only
No internal movement
No hiring from within/ No development of current employees
Many unqualified people that get keep jobs and more qualified that speak up get swept under the rug.

Advice to Senior Management – Develop individuals to move to new positions within company

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Philips Healthcare full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – There were good benefits and a lot of challenging situations where you have to improve yourself in order to conquer them.

Cons – In the financial department people are overworked. They all do at least one job and a half. There is an old SAP systems that is very slow. After I left they hire two people to replace me. I think the management is looking only at the bottom line and doesn't have any long term plans.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus more on the products and their quality then just the bottom line.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Philips Healthcare full-time

Pros – My direct managers were great...responsive, good communicators, involved the team in discussions and kept us up to date as they had info. Company products are solid for the most part (any company at this level has its "glitchy stuff", so...) and they have a good rep. I had a position that allowed me to work remotely, which was perfect for me at that time. Educational opps available if desired.

Cons – As with any large company, this one adopts change slowly. Not for those who want to shift direction quickly, or want to feel that their work has an impact. Company is global, and the split between the Dutch and American heads often causes friction.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to Sales: they know the customer base.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Philips Healthcare

Pros – Multinational - global opportunities
Currently they are transforming the company and its culture into a result driven organization

Cons – Much change in the past few years
People from the Netherlands have first pick in many key positions even though its a global company

Advice to Senior Management – Keep driving for results - need to get rid of dead weight (people and Businesses)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Philips Healthcare part-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Nice employees, good working enviroenment

Cons – Negative Top Management, refuses to listen and adjust

Advice to Senior Management – ask for more feedback and utilize what you hear

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Philips Healthcare full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Benefits and nice people for the most part

Cons – Senior leadership has no direction, worst communication, snails pace innovation

Advice to Senior Management – Launch new products on time don't lie to customers

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company