Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,763 total reviews)
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Bob Pragada

90% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Jacobs has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,763 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
3.0
Nov 6, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Investment in training, generally competent middle management, open to moves within the company, friendly people, flexible working hours, good benefits and holidays, starting salary above average, career prospects can be excellent if picked by senior management

Cons

Can be incredibly boring and tedious, workload comes in cycles of either too much or too little, poor communiation from higher management particularly about business prospects, ridiculous corporate activities, some obviously incompetent people, poor feedback about work results

4.0
Nov 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They are genuinely considerate with their staff. Management makes an effort to place staff on other projects when current project ends.

Cons

Working on a base with military and a multitude of companies can be tough as contract work can be rigid in circumstances however they maintain and excellent work/life balance.

3.0
Nov 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work location and challanging projects

Cons

Lack of training, or desire to educate disipines on how they interface. Strong team attitude, my team against your team.

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