Johnson Controls FAQ

Advenacement opportunities, paid training for skilled positions, Lots of overtime.

9 hour days, usually working an extra 8 hour shift on weekends. Poor Training.

Great benefits, Gym, 401k, Days off

Favoritism, HR will side with Management

Work with HR when abuse is reported

The company provides all the necessary tools and resources to sue your job. Your available chances to advance your career are amazing.

The usual big corporation issues; takes time to get it help, decisions, too many meetings, which are easy to deal with.

Keep looking out for everyone on the team. Ensure that recognition is in a group setting, and continue doing so via certificates, plaques and bonuses.

Local Team work is good.

HR is non existence. Worst HR I ever met. HR team doesn't reply, doesn't even meet you in person. No on-boarding training, no orientation and nobody know you are here. This is just BAD.

Change your HR structure to be more human. HR is the first contact point that any new employees face. The way your HR work reflected badly on your company. Very unprofessional.

Flexibility to disappear during the day when needed. Plenty of room to advance, since most managers are either near retirement or looking for an exit strategy.

Pay is lethargic compared to the rest of the industry to begin with, and the game of musical chairs they play with comp plan changes from year to year means you cannot really thrive and build your business in a way that will be consistent...which means your pay will be inconsistent. The demanding environment from local management who are openly preparing to leave and become a competitor is a joke. More, More, More, More... but when you need a boss for an approval or for guidance get in line. Chances are others have been waiting ahead of you for a few days. The biggest con has to be the number of very upset clients you develop, which will ruin your own reputation and make it more challenging when you are trying to leave or move on. There is no culture of appreciation. Sell all you can, but do not expect to ever be thanked. Ever. Bring in the big sale, and the next question you will be asked is why is it not a big sale. The office politics are as to be expected, maybe a tad worse. Having a manager with extreme ADHD makes things very interesting and challenging.

Figure out how to practice what you preach. Be attentive enough to know when your top sellers are searching for a job elsewhere. Senior management is invisible. Maybe if the hiring practices were not "Frat Buddy", "Good Ole Boy" driven, things would be better.