Vantaggi
The salary and benefits package were pretty decent. Taking vacation days and other time off when needed was never a problem.
Svantaggi
I have heard great things about JCI from other employees. I would say it all depends on what sector of the company you're working for. In my case, the experience was vastly negative due to the client we worked for under a long term service contract. But on the other hand, SHAME on JCI for letting the client dictate what they do with their own employees and creating an unpleasant work environment. I came to the company as a young engineer (BS. Engineering.) I had ambitions to "move up the ladder" and grow with them. Unfortunately, this is what I got instead: -Horrible management. A complete lack of leadership. -Unreliable resources (cheap, defective cell phones, broken lap tops, etc). -Expects you to drive your personal vehicle into the ground and all over the entire State. Managers who drive 15 minutes back and forth to work each day are given a company vehicle. -Unreasonable work load. Severe under staffing of the account lead to endless problems. -Did not provide proper safety training or PPE. -"Getting the job done" was often placed first over personal safety to please the client. -No real opportunity for advancement. -Very little formal training given. -Asked to perform janitorial type work for the client (NEVER part of my original job description.) -On call hours are unreasonable. There was never a set rotation for being "on call" and I ended up wasting many weekends over it. I also had to fight them to pay me for stand by time, even though it is required by law to do so. -Never a clear scope of work. Things were constantly "changing" with the client. -Lack of stability. The single biggest problem: Getting the client to approve funding for things that are in desperate need of repair/replacement. They cut funding to the point where the facility(s) barely could operate, but it ends up costing them more money in the long run.
