Is Johnson Controls a good company to work for?

Johnson Controls has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 12,251 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 (151) , Account Executive (137) , Engineer (126) , Sales Engineer (115) , 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 609 reviews)); "Great people to work with that want the best for the company and their customers." ((in 525 reviews)); "Its pretty good pay and there is plenty of oportunity to make $50k+ for just being blue collar." ((in 485 reviews)); "Flexibility and good work life balance" ((in 347 reviews)); "Salary is good and growth" ((in 264 reviews))

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

"They have good Manager and worker" ((in 159 reviews)); "On your own and no training" ((in 135 reviews)); "Upper management is bad" ((in 116 reviews)); "Long hours and very stressful" ((in 93 reviews)); "There is no job security and they can ask to leave to his/ her employees without any further notice." ((in 78 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 Johnson Controls locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Irvine , Geneva , Greenville , Charlotte , Norfolk , Green Bay , Oklahoma City , Sacramento , Lake Oswego , Miami

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3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(9,507 total reviews)

Joakim Weidemanis

79% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Johnson Controls has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,507 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

Mar 31, 2016

Can be great, depending who you are

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Johnson Controls is made for two types of people: 1. People who are from the Midwest or specifically Milwaukee and want to stay there. The company has the same benefits most large companies in the area have and the pay is decent. You can join and just coast for as long as you want. 2. People who play the conservative political game hard. Want to climb the corporate ladder? Don't care what you have to do to get there? JCI is the place for you. It's conservative, it's incredibly political so come play the game.

Cons

JCI is not looking to be competitive with benefits cause they really don't have to. Consider 10 days of vacation generous. The bad to good people ratio is way off for a company this size. There are good people, but you gotta work to find them. It's a huge company, that is rather volatile, incredibly conservative, especially for millennials, and really they're just cost cutting to make money at this point.

2.0

Dec 3, 2015

Branch Manager

Branch manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Deep pockets and name recognition in the industry. Good front line people who want to do the right thing. Top down management is effective at driving change - always strategically nimble...but operationally stressed

Cons

Kind of a "frat boy" management culture that rewards insiders and pushes out everyone else - typical perhaps of old school Midwestern business, but out of step with the multi-national company they have become. Current CEO is a product of that culture and it shows. Tough place to work for mid-career professionals coming from anywhere else. You need to start here out of college and be OK with towing the company line. JCI has always been a stockholder friendly outfit with less regard for employee or customer satisfaction compared to their peers (in building efficiency anyway..)

2.0

Sep 23, 2015

No stability or direction

Senior financial analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Workforce has some great talent and personalities. Enjoyed working with everyone there.

Cons

Wouldn't trust anything management states. Moved into a newly created role in June. Position was eliminated 3 months later. Every role held evolved into something different than what was presented as a selling point to take the new position. In the 4+ years I spent with JCI, there were 5 internal reorganizations and that does not count any of the divestitures or spin-offs. Basically there is no upper level direction.

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