Company in Transition - good and bad
Pros
Although slowly, Johnson Controls has started to put in place better benefits such as paid parental leave. They offer comparable health care benefits to other companies their size, and there was a decent work/life balance during my time at the company. The organization is transitioning to future technology with a focus on the digital front, and the organization is willing to invest in exciting projects and necessary resources so long as the business case makes sense (I've been at companies where project and resource costs outweighed business cases). Johnson Controls is also doing a better job at communication by moving towards centralized project and resource processes that make clear what is required to get a project moving.
Cons
The 401k match at Johnson Controls is given and taken away regularly. I lost 3% of my annual benefits this way 2 days after starting with the organization. Given the record profits and very large stock buy backs at the company, cutting employee benefits seemed unnecessary (occurred before the COVID pandemic). A VP/GM at Johnson Controls (Christian Eichmann) actively encourages employees to ignore company safety policies which was a major red flag for me and a reason I left the company. He turned the office I worked at into a political atmosphere and made it an uncomfortable place to work. Johnson Controls seems to be at odds with this approach. So, I'll say the organization as a whole is a good place to work, but anything under Eichmann's branch is not.