Pros
If you're coming in from outside JCI, you will be offered 15% more than what long time JCI employees in similar roles make. From there on, you will get 2-4% raises if you perform well, and when promoted...never more than 8-12% . You will meet a few great people.
Kontras
Health benefits are not great. Every 12-18 months there will be a re-organization. You will have colleagues get let go due to downsizing within your first three months. If you're a manager, you will RIF employees within your first 6 months. If you need to give someone a raise, you wont be able to...but you will be able to watch them leave for more money someplace else, then hire someone from outside the company with no experience at a higher rate than what the outgoing employee was asking for. If you work in sales...there is no sales culture...you are viewed as an expense, and earning high commissions will result in you being penalized with a higher quota and lower earnings. Again...there is no sales culture...you are a means to an end...and you will be punished for success. If you work in field operations (techs, mechs, etc.) the zero harm policy means that anytime you are injured or hurt, it will always be your fault. If you are frontline management, you will spend all of your time curating reports for senior level managers who do not understand the realities of your business, and who will change in the next re-org (usually no more than 12 months away)...you will not be able to keep truly great employees, you have no ability to spend money you think is necessary, you have no ability to add headcount you feel is necessary, in short....you have zero autonomy. If you are a mid level manager to director you will constantly be at risk of elimination...all of the problems of the frontline manager are yours as well...you also have zero autonomy. You will bounce from one consultant driven project to the next. if you work with suppliers you will always be apologizing for JCI. JCI intentionally withholds payments in efforts to make the quarter. This isn't an issue of negotiating favorable terms...like any company, JCI wants to collect payment as soon as possible and delay outgoing payments as long as possible. The issue is that after negotiating rediculous terms, JCI doesn't stick to them and will delay payments if they need to.
