Leadership in shambles, avoid joining in UK if you have another option - Associate Director Jacobs Employee Review

3.0
Sep 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible working Decent salary, benefits Lots of instant coffee and teas in the office kitchen

Cons

No bonus, no allowances, no overtime Little or no collaboration among teams and individuals Absent executive leadership, selfish management, promotions and salary increases for favorite employee only Leadership in a few Engineering Groups unqualified, inexperienced and highly political. Thus they dont want to bid for or pick complex engineering projects. Billability targets communication to engineers which are unachievable Average work and projects, quality of deliverables extremely poor Too many project managers with Project Management certifications but ZERO engineering knowledge, skill or competence Site visits and customer visits are not encouraged. If site visit actually happens (paid by customer), Jacobs doesnt pay any allowance or overtime, pays only expenses. Common culture of ganging up, framing people, putting them on impossible targets and then firing them for under performance. Real nasty stuff. Feel sad for graduates and young engineers, no guidance or training, just given administrative work and unbillable work for months

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

Great work-life balance, especially if you’re a hard worker and employer can see that.

Cons

Colleague competition, which tends to happen at larger firms

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible, on the cutting edge, good employee networks

Cons

Shareholder focused, lots of red tape

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