Pass on Working Here - Global Category Manager, Procurement Johnson Controls Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I would say some coworkers were great, but they all quit!

Cons

Work life balance is non existent, for example the expectation is that you work while on vacation (this was verbally stated to numerous employees). Expectations from Leadership are un-achievable and morale is negative, all while in a highly pressurized environment. Especially at a time like this, Racism should not be brushed over. There were documents circulated that a Director of CM had replaced an employees picture with Don Cheadle’s face— talk about cultural appropriation— all while HR did nothing to address the issue. The tearing down and bullying of employees is unacceptable and it exists daily at JCI. Just beware. Look at the turnover on the Milwaukee Procurement team. Before you sign, ask why the person you’re replacing left— and don’t accept “environment wasn’t for them” as an answer. People are leaving because they are expected to start at 6-7am, all while maintaining a work life balance.

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Decent base pay and fast paced work makes the days go by quickly. Lately the company has been actually investing in their new product lines ever since Joakim became our CEO.

Cons

The compensation is lacking. No bonuses whatsoever for senior level engineers even when they're recognized as a key contributor on the team. We are given our 401k match on March 1st to cover the previous year's matches so you lose out on a lot of the year's market gains. The healthcare coverage is mediocre at best for a fortune 500 company. The raises are still given like it's 2018; 3% is considered a "good" merit increase. This is due to the "forced distribution" merit increase system where only "so many" people can receives "above expectations" raises.

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