Disgraceful management - Anonymous employee Jacobs Employee Review

1.0
Dec 6, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good experience and interesting range of projects to work on

Cons

Very poor management at various levels and public belittling. Many respectful managers have either left or had their positions taken from them in the past year. Some bullying by senior staff completely ignored by managers and HR. Graduate programme absolutely disgraceful, merely an excuse for free labour and brainwashing. Poor salarys and no potential to progress. Extremely negative environment. Forced to use lunch breaks for meetings and training sessions. Far too many graduates and continuous stress applied to graduates with unrealistic expectations. Very high staff turn over and my water/environmental department was a terrible place to work.

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