Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,761 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 7,761 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
Mar 17, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Would recommend working for Jacobs Engineering if you are looking for a career as a consultant. Jacobs offers many locations and transferring between locations is not very difficult....must have managers support. Good advancement opportunities.

Cons

Management is more focused on their individual career needs and will sacrifice depart needs over their own.

2.0
Mar 16, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay if you can keep billable Still some good people remaining despite all the departures and layoffs.

Cons

The Jacobs unit I work for is managed as if we were a group of contract workers. There is little contact with the rest of the company and management is lacking. Little attention is spent on either the clients or the employees. Jacobs does not seem to be interested in retaining talent and building up strong teams. Investment in employee develoment is non existant. Stay billable or beware. Jacobs' core values should read. 1. We are a company focused on quarterly profits. 2. Short term growth will be pursued at any cost. 3. Share holders are our greatest concern.

2.0
Feb 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Jacobs pays well. The ppl are Texas friendly. They are safety aware.

Cons

They have outsourced over half of all positions to india. Management is terrible They are all so fearful of losing their jobs, they will not make a move without cautiously seeking upper management approval. The approval process takes forever. Creativity is stiffled.

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