Top heavy directionless IT organization - Anonymous employee Johnson Controls Employee Review

3.0
Mar 15, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

1. Offer good package if you manage to negotiate 2. Sponsor H1B and GC. 3. Able to work various cutting edge IT technologies. 4. Benefits are descents including 401K, and retirements. 5. Not much travel. 6. Few very exceptional good resource. 7. Nice building. 8. Work from home 9. Employee Discount for car battery and others. 10. BTNS working culture is better than Power division though Power division is more profitable.

Cons

1. No clear IT strategy. Leadership changes frequently so the directions. 2. EPMO is total scam. They hire temporary project managers for running project s who do not understand technology, process and project management methodology. They can't even talk and prepare decent slides for weekly updates. 3. Collusion between IT vendors and IT leadership. 4. Half of the SAP COE managers are incapable and technically blind. Few resources are exceptional. In SAP team too much fat. Top heavy SAP organization structure with 4-5 Directors/10 Sr Managers /5-6 Managers/4-5 architects. 5. IT Demand Organization (Business Facing IT organization/BRM ) is another layers of fat which also cause delay in project execution. Most of them do not even know the business requirements and how to collect the demands from business. Total in efficient team again with so many Sr Managers and Managers.

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Johnson Controls Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts on our senior management as a Material Handler. Effective leadership is essential to advancing our mission and fostering a positive work environment. We remain committed to transparent communication and ongoing development to ensure senior management stays approachable and supportive of all employees.
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Decent pay, good PTO and benefits

Cons

Everything else. ZERO training. They hand you a laptop (which is garbage) and say good luck. There is no "team." Everyone is on their own. The senior techs all reached their peak 20 years ago and don't even know what BACnet is. The bureaucracy is unbearable. Ordering a simple part is nearly impossible. There are so many apps you have to check in on everyday and they care more about those metrics than they care about the service their customers are receiving. If you want to get your butt kicked everyday with zero support at a company that specializes in taking advantage of their customers, this is the job for you.

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Johnson Controls Response
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Thank you for your honest feedback as a Controls Service Technician. We strive to create a workplace where our core values of integrity, collaboration, and innovation are lived out and where employees feel valued and supported. We apologize if this was not the experience you had with us. Your input will be shared with the appropriate individuals to address your concerns.
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