Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,761 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 7,761 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
3.0
Sep 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

salary and benefits are decent

Cons

work generally mundane and clients unwilling to challenge status quo or work within new principals beyond the practice of 1970's

1.0
Aug 29, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and benefits. But then, that is the only way this company can attract and retain anyone. Depending on the location, cool office work spaces OR NOT. Also depending on the location, cool coworkers and managers OR NOT.

Cons

Extremely poor communication top-down and sideways. Arrogant attitude regarding new ideas. Very retro management philosophy. Inept HR people. Repeat INEPT HR people . Poorly-selected managers at the middle and senior management levels. Not a meritocracy but rather an old boys (and depending on the area: old girls) network. Very sad as they absorb smaller firms and smash their cultures to pieces while paying lip service to valuing them. I am all for progress and willingly acknowledge a superior entity, but in Jacobs case they go the other direction toward mediocrity.

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