Johnson Controls reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(9,517 total reviews)
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Joakim Weidemanis

79% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Johnson Controls has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,517 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).

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2.0
Feb 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are mediocre, could be worse. You will work with a variety of languages and equipment. You may be allowed to work on other projects as your skills allow, but you may not have the time.

Cons

You will be working with Hardware (printers and computers) you may have to eliminate your software and some hardware as the issue of a problem to get other resources to fix the issue. This is a manufacturing environment and as such, even in the office area, you will hear and feel the punch presses operating. There is no lunch area, eat at your desk or car or go out. The specific working area for the programmers are the worst I have ever encounterd in 20 years of programming. All hard surfaces, no carpet or carpetted cubes to keep down noise. The desks are in a common area and no one has any common courtesy to even attempt to keep the noise down. You will be forced to wear headphones ALL THE TIME. This is a dead end job, with no advancement opportunities that the other locations of Johnson Controls may have. If you want to advance, you will have to move to PA, MI or WI. On top of all of this, pay is below average and you will be required to work at least 9 hours a day. Interns are given more lattitude and opportunities than full-time employees. Quitting this job was like a weight being removed from my shoulders.

3.0
Sep 18, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary initially "appeared" to be ok

Cons

* Salary is good but you'll be worked very hard. Expect to work 80-100 hours plus per week. * Most people work from home which has many cons: 1) Inability to learn from colleagues 2) Out of sight - out of mind, therefore you're not going to be missed if they decide to layoff employees, 3) It tends to attract many parents so you'll have to work around them taking the kids to school, hospital etc 4) Since it's a global company, expect to have meetings at 1am and/or 5am frequently. You will never be able to get a proper nights sleep and you can forget about seeing friends and family while you're working here. * The company cares far more about its share price than its employees - so they don't mind mass layoffs * Since you're most likely to work from home, you may never meet the people you're working with so they're more likely to not care if they're rude or degrading

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