Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,764 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 7,764 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
Jan 7, 2013

Well rounded

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, wide array of projects.

Cons

typical mega-corp politics and limitations

2.0
Jan 7, 2013

Not much job security

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large network of resources, friendly people, somewhat flexible schedule if you're not too busy.

Cons

If you're not fully billable, be worried about keeping your job. They seem to hire people when they are in high demand on a specific project, then lay those people off once things slow down. Then a couple months later, we're hiring more people again. On one instance, a person was laid off because of a lack of work to do, but that very week someone else in the company with the same title and credentials was putting in overtime. Why couldn't they have spread the work around to keep the employee around a little longer? I am full time but have been on reduced hours because of a lack of billable work. One week I will have stuff to do and put in 40 hours, the next week there's nothing and I only do 21 hours. This is financially not a stable situation for a family, and a second job isn't doable since I never know when I'll be dong 40 hours or 21. It would be nice if they could cut a smaller check to their shareholders and let employees charge more time to overhead. The benefits are average but expensive!

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