Johnson Controls Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Johnson Controls full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Money, security and benefits , I think

Cons – Large company easy to get lost

Advice to Senior Management – Communicate sincerely, demand integrity from all divisions, walk the talk and promote from within.

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

Current Employee – been working at Johnson Controls full-time for less than a year

Pros – - Competitive Pay
- Competitive Benefits Package
- Building Efficiency is an exciting and emerging industry
- JCI is a well-established
- Deal with high-level/intelligent/successful people
- Vehicle reimbursement, company cell phone and laptop
- Company pays for business trips

Cons – - Huge company, takes forever to get things done
- Huge company, so recognition may be lacking
- Requests get lost in management

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

Current Employee – been working at Johnson Controls full-time for more than a year

Pros – JCI has a great opportunity of exposure and a great opportunity to increase your knowleadge and capacities since we are just 2 resources for the entire headcount of about 250 ee's. On the other hands JCI has average to good benefits.

Cons – work/life balance, salary (at least for my position - almost all others position are well paid), few resources to manage a lot of projects at the same time with all the operationals responsabilities.

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

Current Employee – been working at Johnson Controls full-time

Pros – Not a high stress company to work for but can have times when time constraints can be difficult based on the client needs. Decent benefits.

Cons – Poor communication between management and employees. Difficult to advance unless someone leaves the company. Can be difficult sometimes on getting directions on how to advance within the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Better communication with employees. Company goals should be communicated better and also how we will work to reach the goals set.

Current Employee – been working at Johnson Controls part-time for more than a year

Pros – Everyone was nice and friendly

Cons – Sometime work could be monotonous

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Johnson Controls full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Has the typical big company benefits if that's what you're looking for

Cons – Many, many dissatisfied customers
Bully culture
Oppressive reporting and internal selling required to get anything accomplished

Advice to Senior Management – Stop giving lip service to ethics, integrity and customer satisfaction and actually implement them. Fire draconian, ruthless and bullying management that create an oppressed workforce that can't wait to leave and go work for the competition - and then turns around and out competes JCI.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Johnson Controls full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – - Strong corporate values
- Foundation of operational excellence
- Opportunities for advancement (if you know the right people and do well)
- Decent benefits
- Passionate, driven, dedicated colleagues
- Strong personal connections among employees

Cons – Work life balance is often a challenge. Paths for development and advancement are unclear. Diversity is sorely lacking in upper and middle management. Office politics can run unchecked, leading to lost productivity and employee dissatisfaction.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't sacrifice the future to near term priorities, nor rely solely on our operational excellence for long term results. Take care of, listen to, and respond to your people.

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

Former Employee – worked at Johnson Controls as an intern for less than a year

Pros – great learning environment, great employees, plentiful opportunities for growth, people ready and willing to contribute to your personnel growth, exciting place to work

Cons – corporate politics, sometimes hard to get work accomplished due to poor organizational strategies, can be stressful at times if labor force is not large enough

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

Current Employee – been working at Johnson Controls full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Work culture, Ethical, Family values

Cons – Cyclical Industry, Changes direction often

Advice to Senior Management – Instead of providing a short term vision, provide a longer term vision to the employees. Changing direction too many times will only increase confusion and attrition

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

Former Employee – worked at Johnson Controls full-time for more than a year

Pros – Treated with respect, integrity and honest communication are valued, good opportunities for advancement, you just need to be proactive, rewards and recognizes hard work

Cons – If you are at a smaller location it's harder to network with other individuals in other parts of the company. Large corporate environment, you can feel like a number.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your employees, they have good insight on what's happening within their team and within the organization

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend