Johnson Controls reviews

Managers only able to give a promotion to 1 employee per year, even with large departments. Seems favorites only get selected, not the ones who deserve it. Politics can hurt you, not government politics, but the in house politics. You rub the wrong person outside your department the wrong way, and your going to go downhill in your position. Need bigger raises. Constant layoffs each year just to please the shareholders, then rehire for the positions they just laid off. Person who gets laid off could be at the company for a year or 30 years.

As many have pointed out, layoffs are cyclical here. The most disheartening thing about how JCI handles layoffs is very “top down.” As in the executives and upper managers call the shots on what Human Resources will be effected. Additionally, the company has very dated and disjointed project management software applications that really need an integrated system to replace the relics they’ve been nursing along. Finally, sales individuals driving accounts are not familiar with project management processes and JCI needs to establish better project management SOPs; especially in project planning, change management and basic work breakdown structure. So many little projects (less than 40 hours) that prove to be an administrative nightmare for all stakeholders involved.