Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,764 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 7,764 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
Aug 20, 2009

I miss Carter Burgess

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Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, good pay - if you don't get laid off. There are some good managers here, but they are few and far between. The corporate management is generally just clueless about what goes on in their company.

Cons

Communication is awful, as is the technology for a "cutting edge" company. Lay offs are determined solely by favoritism, not performance, years of service, or salary. I could name examples to prove it, but would give away my identity. I have been in a sales position for 2 years now without ever having had training in the "Jacobs Method" for my position. I've pleaded for training from multiple sources, and no one takes the time to teach us what they want us to do, yet we get in trouble if we don't follow this mysterious "process." They do NOT know how to deal with groups or employees who fall outside their set little job descriptions, and don't want to bother to try. "People are our greatest asset?" Then why did my friend only get recognition and any kind of attention when she decided to quit, after months of writing promotion proposals to her boss and asking for help?? Overall, the company cares much more about its Wall Street performance than anything else. If you want proof, look at the market history compared with the layoff history. Stock falls by $1? You can bet people are getting laid off. They say there is a lot of opportunity for advancement in inside sales, but I haven't heard of anyone getting promoted in the last 2 years. Oh, and by the way? There is NO SALES DATABASE. At least not that all sales people have access to. Most of the info is incorrect or out of date anyway.

2.0
Jun 10, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some great projects, good reputation in the industry. Also some good people work there. Many offices to choose from, including international.

Cons

People treated like assets (i.e. this asset is too expensive, cheaper to replace with a younger, hungrier one). All decisions are based on "business", not loyalty, work ethic, commitment, etc. Huge emphasis on cost, goes cheap on everything. No training budget. No marketing (we're a "relationship" based company). Horrible IT systems and support.

1.0
Mar 17, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None, just the Pay, the flex time and earned time after 10 years of service

Cons

Managers, More Managers and all Discipline Managers, they don't know anything about respect, there are no rules they can curse, they can be loud and they just don't care, a law suit waiting to happen, the good-ole boy network is alive and thriving, if you can't do the job you are promoted, there are some people that do their check balancing and personal work on company/client time.

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