Johnson Controls Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Undue stress all the time."

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Ample training and great products to sell. A good place to start your career."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This company will fit your needs in the short-term. Long-term, chances are you will be moving on to a different company in about 5-7 years. All but one of my colleagues are gone."

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"For sales, pay is low. I tripled my pay working for a competitor. Also, their business model is flawed. Local offices are not allowed to adjust their strategy for the local customer's needs. Customer satisfaction is extremely low."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Decentralize sales strategies and allow the sales managers to provide the right product and services that meet the local customer's needs."

"Layoff, last in, first to go. Even though I brough them 4 million in savings through new carriers and new visions."

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"AT first I thought is was a solid job, good people in the plants."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure they are not laying off on the next 3 to 12 months. You will be the first to go."

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"I was worried about being layed off 30 days after I was hired. Made it through 3 rounds, When they hit logistics, I was the last in first out. They took all my ideas and were awared for those ideas this summer."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look at your middle management team, they arn't doing anything to make them company run well."

"Demanding, difficult to find a balance, employees over burdened"

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"challenging"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be careful of what you agree to doing. You may throw yourself under the bus."

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"working 65-70+ hours / week"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"better distribution of work load"

"JCI - not the long term employer."

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"I liked the team of people that I worked with and the product that I helped design. But the entire group no longer works there because it was more economical to dissolve our group and move our product to another group that had no product knowledge and could not possibly make money for the company in an immediate time frame."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Look hard elsewhere, unless you don't mind being temporary and disposable."

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"The most important thing to JCI has always been the bottom line. They do not put any value in the employees that help to make the products that they sell. They never try to use other methods to make money or save money other than randomly selecting people to be let go regardless of seniority or work ethic. Often they will let people go that would be considered an asset and allow people to work that waste company time and money."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Instead of laying people off all the time, maybe you can try the following methods: pay freezes, offering voluntary lay offs for those who can afford it, cutting back on travel and other expenses, forcing people to retire who are qualified and capable."

"An ex-employee's point of view - does this tell you anything"

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Generally good workforce"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you check out your potential manager's track record!"

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Incompetent management, no consideration for employee's personal needs"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit so you can be replaced"

"Excellant set of questions"

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Stability"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Yes, hire me"

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Nothing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get to Know your employees before you hire them"

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Able to grow within the company"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be honest"

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"union setting"

"I would not recommend the Denver Johnson Controls office to anyone"

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"I liked a lot of the technical people"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Avoid middle low level management positions. Field positions are good and Branch management and higher are good."

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Very Poor upper management concerned with meeting financial objectives with no regard to customer satisfaction, or ethical considerations."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more ethical and focus on customer service not just lip service."

"I wish I was still there"

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"culture, and team members"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"overall ,great place to work"

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"work force cuts were handled terrible"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"do more research as to who is being laid off. Many quality workers were cut, while leaving twice as many sub-standard workers in place."

"I made a poor decision going to work there"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared for plenty of stress."

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Local management was poor. Never able to stay on one track- constantly changing approach to business. Fearful of next level."

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Excellent staff and placement. Good benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Remain professional at all times. This is a company with a long history of dedicating itself to customer satisfaction."

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Behavior of some of upper management staff. Unprofessional at times."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hold all employees to the same standards."

"I feel this review is a great way to get to know your applicants"

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"The pay was comenserate for the time of work. Overtime was almost always available up until the lay offs came."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be ready to work. It is very fast pased work."

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"I can't say anything bad about the time that I was employed there. I really liked my job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"For the most part management was excellent."

"Great place to work!"

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Great place to work; people were friendly and a good work environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"JCI is a fast place work environment. If you don't like that don't take the job. I worked there for just short of 10 years and loved it!"

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"When plant is closing they will not guarantee anyone a job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve job security"

"Never work with family!"

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Everything except my relatives."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do it alone!"

"not a good company to work for"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"don't!"

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"managers arrogant and rude"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"need to better qualified"