I have heard great things about JCI from other employees. I would say it all depends on what sector of the company you're working for. In my case, the experience was vastly negative due to the client we worked for under a long term service contract. But on the other hand, SHAME on JCI for letting the client dictate what they do with their own employees and creating an unpleasant work environment.
I came to the company as a young engineer (BS. Engineering.) I had ambitions to "move up the ladder" and grow with them. Unfortunately, this is what I got instead:
-Horrible management. A complete lack of leadership.
-Unreliable resources (cheap, defective cell phones, broken lap tops, etc).
-Expects you to drive your personal vehicle into the ground and all over the entire State. Managers who drive 15 minutes back and forth to work each day are given a company vehicle.
-Unreasonable work load. Severe under staffing of the account lead to endless problems.
-Did not provide proper safety training or PPE.
-"Getting the job done" was often placed first over personal safety to please the client.
-No real opportunity for advancement.
-Very little formal training given.
-Asked to perform janitorial type work for the client (NEVER part of my original job description.)
-On call hours are unreasonable. There was never a set rotation for being "on call" and I ended up wasting many weekends over it. I also had to fight them to pay me for stand by time, even though it is required by law to do so.
-Never a clear scope of work. Things were constantly "changing" with the client.
-Lack of stability.
The single biggest problem: Getting the client to approve funding for things that are in desperate need of repair/replacement. They cut funding to the point where the facility(s) barely could operate, but it ends up costing them more money in the long run.
