Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,775 total reviews)
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Bob Pragada

90% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Jacobs has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,775 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Jacobs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Servicios de construcción, reparación y mantenimiento industry (3.7 stars).

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8K reviews
4.0
Apr 1, 2014

People oriented

Anonymous employee
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Pros

friendly co-workers, extremely helpful, good benefits

Cons

not really good systems / softwares in place.

4.0
Mar 27, 2014

Good place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I've had no problems working for Jacobs. I've received good exposure to the DoD world which is quite different from the Prvate world. Many position offer the 9/80 schedule which allows for 3 days weekends every other week.

Cons

Not a lot of room to advance professional in the DoD world.

2.0
Mar 26, 2014

Employees are commodities....like cattle to the slaughterhouse

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits, flexible hours, many locations

Cons

Constant fear of lay-offs, client dissatisfaction with Jacobs (corporate) results in loss of long time clients

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