Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,755 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 7,755 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 9, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Local feel of the area, and natural surroundings.. Backing of the large pool of management skillsets that comprise the engineering and management

Cons

good-ol boy deadwood that will not accept new tech to streamline operations. We are not able to shape the workplace to a level of professional fabrication techniques from a mid-level mgmt. point. If some levels of simple electronic inventory and file sharing (access) were implemented, the process would require less Labor intense input (and legwork) to compile databases . These devices are in use in every phase of small business and every coding system of a modern workplace. information is the backbone of any fabrication operation, and the ease with which it can be implemented is astounding. To embrace these technical advances from 20 years ago is essential for the current and future success of this facility.

3.0
Jan 2, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Extensive information sharing between various employees at different locations, which will help greatly in starting on a new project in a new area. I can vouch for this from my personal experience because I had to start on a project that was located in a new geographical area that required application of procedures that were different from what I had been used to before I joined Jacobs. There was a lot of help from within the company to guide me with the initial stages of the project - and the time the employees spent on my project was not even billed!! High focus on safety of employees.

Cons

Bureaucracy. It takes forever for each decision to go all the way to HQ and come back. It took almost three months for a simple decision to be made about a software that cost less than $2000, to go all the way to HQ in California and get back. There is way too much red tape to be passed before any conceivable results can be achieved. The adjustment process from Jacob's recent acquisition of Carter-Burgess is still underway, and it is obvious that the folks at Carter and Burgess are not extremely pleased with the way this acquisition went at all.

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