Is Johnson Controls a good company to work for?

Johnson Controls has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 12,250 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 627 reviews)); "Great people to work with that want the best for the company and their customers." ((in 536 reviews)); "Good pay and I like the work i do and the people I work with." ((in 480 reviews)); "Flexibility and good work life balance" ((in 356 reviews)); "Salary is good and growth" ((in 260 reviews))

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

"They have good Manager and worker" ((in 165 reviews)); "On your own and no training" ((in 129 reviews)); "Long hours and very stressful" ((in 94 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 or incentives to go above and beyond." ((in 61 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

80% 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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1.0

Mar 22, 2018

Worst company I worked for in 20 years

Corporate manager

Recommend

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Pros

Decent pay. Potential future business growth.

Cons

Pretends to be military friendly but the culture is incompatible with the ethics and training of military personnel. Constantly changing directions and decisions, no central leadership on any topic - hide behind matrix environment for lack of leadership and management skills, elitist, poor benefits that get worse every year of employment, horrible/2 faced and untrained managers - particularly directors and VPs, promote constant fear that you will lose your job, no actual care for goal setting/achievement for employees or help in growing them, unethical: do not honor contract obligations, no accountability for employee actions, must be a "yes man" to be promoted. You must be willing to put up with a lot.

2.0

Feb 8, 2018

Outsourcing most positions in earnest

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Legacy employees post Tyco merger still retain some of their earned benefits Good facilities with amenities

Cons

Leadership is clueless. No change management going on in any coherent way. There is no true innovation going on, company is stale and is now forced to go into cost cutting mode to keep making quarterly earnings numbers in the hope that investors will gain interest in the company. More splitting up of assets coming, is this a private equity play taking place behind the scenes?

1.0

Nov 9, 2017

Buildings IT

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Before the merger, JCI was a great environment with room for innovation and creativity to help the business succeed with technology. Initial salaries offered (and hopefully still is) on pace in the IT industry. Benefits are adequate. Strong sales leadership in Global Products and HVAC - NA teams.

Cons

Since the merger, the focus is on keeping the lights on and innovation is shut down due to "budget". Now company that only tracks shareholder value. If the company doesn't value the people producing that value, there is absolutely no reason to work there The company is hemorrhaging IT talent due to the lack of support and flat culture. Systems will continue to become outdated as their is no investment in providing up to date tools. Flat salaries after hire. 3%/year doesn't even keep up with the cost of living.

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