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 (152) , Account Executive (137) , Engineer (127) , Sales Engineer (116) , 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?

"Good benefits and 401k are nice" ((in 612 reviews)); "Great people to work with that want the best for the company and their customers." ((in 528 reviews)); "Its pretty good pay and there is plenty of oportunity to make $50k+ for just being blue collar." ((in 480 reviews)); "Flexibility and good work life balance" ((in 353 reviews)); "Salary is good and growth" ((in 269 reviews))

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

"They have good Manager and worker" ((in 162 reviews)); "On your own and no training" ((in 129 reviews)); "Upper management is bad" ((in 117 reviews)); "Long hours and very stressful" ((in 99 reviews)); "This company provides no job security and there is constant restructuring and every 1 to1.5 year every department gets redundancy." ((in 77 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 are the top reviewed Johnson Controls locations?

Hannover , Ratingen , Burscheid , Berlin , Essen , Unterschleißheim , Solingen , Mannheim , Überherrn , Wuppertal , Neuruppin , Bochum , Rockenhausen , Hamburg , Köln , München , Neu-Isenburg , Nürnberg

Johnson Controls reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(9,517 total reviews)

Joakim Weidemanis

79% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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Johnson Controls has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,517 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 Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

10K reviews

3.0

Mar 8, 2018

Johnson Controls provided a challenging environment with many learning opportunities.

People manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Leadership is too overwhelmed for micro-management which provides an autonomous work environment. JCI is great for self starters who thrive on overcoming challenges and strive to make a difference. JCI is an amazing training ground for conflict management. If you enjoy working through problems and bringing people and teams together, then JCI needs you! There are great, hard working people at JCI with lots of integrity who are willing to ‘go the extra mile’ and do what it takes to achieve great outcomes. JCI is a fast paced environment with more then enough work to go around, boredom is never an issue.

Cons

It has become very well understood in that the focus of the organization is financial. This has caused leaders to set unrealistic expectations and many employees to put in long hours to achieve work which is further causing burn out and low morale.

1.0

Feb 19, 2018

Horrible, Horrible employer!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salaries are OK for the automotive market, you have opportunity to work with some very smart and promising individuals in a boot camp environment. Company was and is in some cases still is a leader in technologies in their various market segments, and tends to be the market leader in most segments. Recruiters like JCI employees, since they know they recruit strong candidates and run them into the ground, so any next position seems like a dream position.

Cons

Company is obsessed with short term earnings, and is ruthless in pursuit of same. Constant turnover; typical to see in power systems (battery) turn over of the same management position every 12 to 18 months. Loyalty from top down is nonexistent, if you are not delivering results (under your control or not) you can expect to be ridden hard or even terminated, regardless of the reason you are not attaining desired results. Lots of decisions made based on who is friends with who in management - some politically connected parties skate through crises while new employees with out sponsors get slaughtered. Would be very wary about pursuing employment with this company - much better options out there in the current market. I left and have never looked back with any regret.

3.0

Feb 19, 2018

Tyco Rebranded

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Legacy JCI employees are great people

Cons

Tyco management has negatively effected the culture

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