Many Good co-workers, Unfair Work Distribution, Poor upper management - Anonymous employee Johnson Controls Employee Review

3.0
Jan 2, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Earned vacation time was a plus. Accrued Sick Time was generous. Predictable work environment. Pay rates are fair or slightly below. Good work environment. Good supervisors for most part. Good amount of good workers that care about customer. Good customer relationship.

Cons

Overtime was only available and expected when contract metrics were at risk. Perventive overtime was frowned on unless it affected the contract. Poor performing employees were allowed to continue poor behavior. Overachievers seldom recognized and taken advantage of. Poor work life balance for over achievers. Management not sensitive to vacation time and personal time. Overachievers expected to be available for calls and work during vacation weekends and while sick. No money in the safety program. Poor response to unsafe work practices.

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Johnson Controls Response
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Thank you so much for sharing your positive experience with Johnson Controls. Your input will help us in our mission to foster the best possible workplace for our teammates.
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Decent base pay and fast paced work makes the days go by quickly. Lately the company has been actually investing in their new product lines ever since Joakim became our CEO.

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The compensation is lacking. No bonuses whatsoever for senior level engineers even when they're recognized as a key contributor on the team. We are given our 401k match on March 1st to cover the previous year's matches so you lose out on a lot of the year's market gains. The healthcare coverage is mediocre at best for a fortune 500 company. The raises are still given like it's 2018; 3% is considered a "good" merit increase. This is due to the "forced distribution" merit increase system where only "so many" people can receives "above expectations" raises.

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Johnson Controls Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide important input on our compensation and benefits as a Senior Mechanical Engineer. At Johnson Controls, we aim to provide competitive pay and a robust benefits plan that supports our employees' well-being. We’ll use this information to continually improve our offerings.
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