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
1.0
Apr 5, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Not one comes to mind, even after being away from the company for monthssss, I still have PTSD from this position at this particular office. There is no amount of money that could ever bring me through those doors again, cause I'm going to end up spending it on therapy sessions.

Cons

I had a terrible experience working for Jacobs Pittsburgh. The horror stories are true. The reviews aren’t fake. It’s not “disgruntled former employees”. It’s real people who worked there and were treated terribly like myself. The culture is extremely toxic. They allow a lot of unprofessional behavior and speak to employees rudely. This is specifically in the Pittsburgh office. Employees aren’t celebrated; not on birthdays or work anniversaries, nothing. My supervisor always made fun of people's accents behind their backs (and I'm African, with an accent) They rarely promote within unless you have been named a “favorite” of the leaders at the top. You can work hard and it’s still not good enough, because they believe you should chase for work. And they will be sure to tell you that you aren’t good enough. The place has a revolving door of employees. Which says a lot in itself. Things became worse once we were sent to work from home because of the pandemic. Laying off people based on demographic, and then telling others to not "let them know they did not get laid off". Benefits are horrible, especially health insurance. The multiple "diversity and inclusion" trainings are just for show. CEO was asked in a Townhall how many top leaders are POC and the fact that he choked and then could count how many? SAYS A LOT. If you're in design, don't bother. Everything's super technical and there's no freedom to design so you'd be BORED. I heard some of this when I first started but was optimistic because I’m a hard-working professional. I quickly learned my lesson.

1.0
Mar 7, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very few pros of working here. Work life balance was pretty good. Compensation was OK, but you better get all you want up front as raises are rare. If you are a great performer, you might get a cost of living increase year after year.

Cons

With many acquisitions and sell offs, the environment is consistently changing. If you aren't an original Jacobs employee or in the corporate headquarters, don't expect to move up the ladder. Likewise if you aren't part of the cliques that exist, don't expect your ideas or work to be advanced or approved of.

1.0
Dec 14, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work from home and lots of messes to clean up

Cons

Long term management that does not innovate but points fingers to others.

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