Is Johnson Controls a good company to work for?

Johnson Controls has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 12,275 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 70% of employees would recommend working at Johnson Controls to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Johnson Controls have been left by employees working as IT Intern , Human Resources and Intern .

Does Johnson Controls pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Johnson Controls employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Johnson Controls. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Johnson Controls?

70% of Johnson Controls employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Johnson Controls 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Johnson Controls?

Project Manager (206) , Software Engineer (158) , Manager (152) , Account Executive (137) , Engineer (127) , Sales Engineer (116) , Sales Representative (93) , Assistant Manager (92) , Intern (89) , Senior Software Engineer (89) , Sales (86) , Sales Manager (85) , Project Engineer (75) , Director (71) , Design Engineer (65)

What are the pros of working at Johnson Controls according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and covered" ((in 601 reviews)); "Great people to work with that want the best for the company and their customers." ((in 532 reviews)); "Its pretty good pay and there is plenty of oportunity to make $50k+ for just being blue collar." ((in 473 reviews)); "Flexibility and good work life balance" ((in 346 reviews)); "Salary is good and growth" ((in 275 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Johnson Controls according to real employee reviews?

"They have good Manager and worker" ((in 165 reviews)); "no training and they expect you to struggle the first 6" ((in 132 reviews)); "Long hours and very stressful" ((in 99 reviews)); "This company provides no job security and there is constant restructuring and every 1 to1.5 year every department gets redundancy." ((in 81 reviews)); "No bonuses whatsoever for senior level engineers even when they're recognized as a key contributor on the team." ((in 64 reviews))

What are employees saying about Johnson Controls layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Johnson Controls layoffs and their outlook for job security at Johnson Controls in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Johnson Controls locations?

Milwaukee , New York , Wichita , Houston , Glendale , Boca Raton , Norman , Holland , Plymouth , Chicago , York , Kansas City , Atlanta , Indianapolis , Dallas , Denver , San Antonio , Los Angeles , Aurora , Seattle , Tampa , Washington , Westford , Louisville , Raleigh , Philadelphia , Detroit , Boston , Austin , Birmingham

Johnson Controls reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(9,522 total reviews)

Joakim Weidemanis

79% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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Ratings trend for the last 6 months (9,522 reviews)

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Johnson Controls has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,522 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Johnson Controls employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

10K reviews

3.0

Oct 2, 2013

Not very positive; don't care about employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lot of autonomy and independence; work not closely managed; very little direction so good for experienced, driven person

Cons

poor pay; little feedback; no flexiblity; very rigid work requirements (i.e., must be onsite at all times)

1.0

Oct 1, 2013

past managenment employee resently seperated from JCI

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation good, some positive people, increase number of new JCI employees which bring new positive ideas and solutions to the organisation and good company benifits.

Cons

-Core structure of company leadership is the key issue toward it's present and future performance -Intergration of York into the JCI organization a few years ago was not planed properly and has caused some major issue and concerns with JCI long term global customers. -Preperation of local branch management to succefully drive the company forward and show customers that JCI are the leading organization has not been the focus of the corporate leaders -No uniformaty of processes or procedure in the organization -Extreamly poor communication of leadership within JCI which has been a major issue in the branch leavel. -For such a large company there no real measurement of anything towards continues improvement process other then profit -Milwalkee Management are not open to new approches from employees who have had experiance and opportunities from other large succesful companies. -Corporate leadership has a large number of employees that have only been with one company (JCI) for their careers and do not want to rock the boat to improve the culture. -Local branch cultures towards corporate JCI are very poor and branch managers are being used by the local unions which inturn efficting customer service with are long term global customers. Conculding that JCI is a company that it's leadership need to getout and communicate to their customers and seek the truth about themselfs.This is a first step to success is to truly know what your falts are...... but as Jack Nichelson said in one of his role " You can't handle the TRUTH!!!!!!!"

2.0

Sep 29, 2013

It Was a Mistake to Work There

Production associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good Salary to start with. - Good Health & Benefits plans. - Good as a start for someone who needs a solid base to move to a better career in the near future.

Cons

- There is a "Glass Ceiling" for people from different background. - Qualifications do not mean anything, because it is matter of "Who You Know, NOT What You Know"......!, that was the hiring process for the last few years. - You should plan a short term working with JCI, otherwise you will stuck at the same level forever. - No salary increase for the last three years. - Cutting lots of benefits from the lower level, however the upper level still enjoying the same benefits; such shirts and T-Shirts. - Cutting all kinds of vacations, sick-leaves, and emergency time off from the lower levels. - It is normal to see someone with MBA, Six Sigma, SAP and PMP certificates and working online because of the different culture and does not no someone inside,

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