Philips Recognized as a Top Employer China 2022

Shanghai, January 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 20, the 2022 "Top Employer China" list was grandly announced. Philips was awarded the "Top Employer China" certification for its innovative practices and outstanding performance in organizational talent management and corporate culture building. The Top Employer certification, initiated by the Top Employers Institute, is one of the most professional and influential employer brand evaluations globally. Through the Best Practices in Human Resources survey, the Top Employers Institute conducts a comprehensive assessment of participating companies, covering talent strategy, work environment, talent acquisition, learning, well-being, diversity and inclusion, and more. The aim is to recognize outstanding employers that excel in human resources policies and practices while actively improving the workplace environment for employees.

Gewei He, member of Philips' Global Executive Committee and President of Greater China, said: "Employees are an important cornerstone for Philips to achieve sustainable development. As a health technology company, facing cross-field, diversified business portfolios, the acceleration of digitalization, and the deepening of localization, Philips is actively building a more diverse and inclusive corporate culture, creating a healthy, collaborative, and creative working atmosphere to keep up with the rapidly changing market and fast-iterating customer and consumer demands. We hope to fully stimulate the passion and potential of every employee while attracting more like-minded talents to join us in working together to realize our vision of improving human health and well-being."

All-round Employee Care

At Philips, what we do is a meaningful cause related to human health, and it starts with the physical and mental well-being of our employees. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Philips has continuously focused on and invested heavily in ensuring employee safety and health management. Concentrating on employees' physical and mental health, we have provided a comprehensive health benefits program, including energy management training, employee support services, and health week activities. At the same time, we introduced a flexible working model, actively creating a more efficient and low-carbon new way of working to help employees work and live healthily under the new normal of epidemic prevention and control.

Multi-dimensional Career Development

Philips also places particular emphasis on employees' career growth by providing broad, multi-faceted, and sustainable learning platforms through the establishment of various talent cultivation and development programs. To nurture versatile talents with "specialized expertise in multiple areas," initiatives such as the Technical Elite Program and the PEC Excellence Competition have been introduced to enhance employees' cross-functional business capabilities and operational excellence while broadening their perspectives. For female employees, Philips China has established the "Women's Leadership Committee" to actively leverage the professional strengths of women, strengthen female leadership, and showcase the brilliance of women in the workplace. Additionally, Philips places significant importance on nurturing "young energy" in the workplace, enhancing and developing young employees' multidimensional professional skills for the future through the "Fei Young Program."

Localization Talent Strategy

China is Philips' second home. To better integrate into the Chinese market and contribute to the Healthy China initiative, Philips is currently accelerating its localization process by establishing localized R&D and manufacturing in China. It has set up three innovation centers — Shenzhen Innovation Center, Suzhou Innovation Center, and Shanghai Innovation Center — to extend "Made in China" and "Created in China" to the rest of the world. To achieve this, Philips is also building relevant talent strategies and systems to attract more outstanding internal and external talents.

At the same time, Philips is actively refreshing its employer brand — based on the principles of “Creating a Better Future, Being Authentic, and Embracing Transformation” — committed to creating a work environment where employees can achieve a better balance between life and career, providing more diverse career development opportunities, and helping employees grow healthily together with the company.