It has been an underwhelming experience :( - Senior Software Engineer Philips Employee Review

2.0
Nov 1, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are nice. Healthcare and technology opportunities are great. There are so many potential ways this can be exploited that I feel giddy about it. The company sits on a huge amount of data in healthcare and personal health that can be mined if we work as a team.

Cons

The company at each business unit level needs a clear strategy. It feels like we are grasping for things in the dark. It feels that nepotism and favoritism is rife. At our location, every person they hire is from the office in from Israel or former Toshiba employees at the higher level. At the lower level, they keep bringing in team members from the offices in India who get locked in because of L1 visa issues based on what I understand. It is not a dynamic culture. The silicon valley vibe is missing and the experience is a bit jaded.

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Philips Response
9y
Hello and thank you for writing this elaborate feedback regarding your experience with us as your employer. It is great to hear about your passion for new technology in healthcare. We do share the same mission, and that’s being on the forefront of this all. We could see that you have quite some feedback on how certain parts of this are structured organizationally. We are a large company, so these layers are inevitable to some extent. We do believe in constant improvement, and if you do have any ideas on how to make things better we would definitely encourage you to talk about this freely. It’s unfortunate to hear that you’ve felt that you haven’t made the large difference you were hoping for. As our mission still remains to be improving the lives of billions. We do hope that you stay with us, an employee as yourself who is so adamant with this mission is what we need to realize this.

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Thanks for sharing your feedback about your internship with us. We're glad you experienced a friendly environment, and are truly sorry your time with us didn't reflect our true values and supportive culture. We're actively refining our ways of working to ensure all new talent feels guided and empowered from day one. Thank you for your service, and we wish you the very best in your future career!
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