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
2.0
Mar 3, 2018

Administration

Recommend
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Pros

Okay benefits. Global opportunity. Good managers made the workplace tolerable, but unfortunately many have been released during the massive layoffs since mid-2017.

Cons

Lack of diversity. Too much emphasis on spreadsheets and not enough on people. Onboarding is non-existent. Software is consistently rolled out with no training. Company focus on acquisitions, but poor execution on integration.

2.0
Mar 1, 2018

Would not recommend

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice office Opens doors with other employers

Cons

Poor management No training for graduates Culture of fakeness All they care about is billable hours Promotions based on sucking up, not merit 5 year grad program

3.0
Jun 22, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I gained lots of experience... that also means I was assigned to all the difficult jobs nobody else wanted. They were fair with raises.

Cons

After 5 years of traveling to make the company look good (and doing a bang-on job with client commendations), I was worth 3 days on overhead.

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