Okay, but difficult to move up - Contract Administrator Jacobs Employee Review

2.0
Dec 29, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People I worked with were great, big projects, cool projects, benefits decent; however, employees contribute a lot off each pay towards the benefits

Cons

Too much onus on employees to source their own work, keep themselves busy and billable, unreasonable expectations on billable hours (i.e., employees are expected to be 100% billable), difficult to move up unless you are connected with someone higher up (i.e., less qualified people are promoted to positions and others are not given the opportunity to apply), pay raises are minimal or non-existent, the connection between performance reviews and promotion, salary increase, etc. is not transparent or logical (again, seems to be based more on popularity), no bonuses, layoffs seem to be strictly financially driven with no loyalty to employees based on years of commitment to the company and exemplary performance in the past, no RSP matching any more

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3.0
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Pros

Decent culture, individual contributors are fine, management is lacking

Cons

The company operates like many smaller companies depending on which business market you are in so your experience will vary. For some, it's the best company, others will say it's the worst; it just depends on your region/group even at the local level. Water/wastewater is a good market in most offices, transportation is hit an miss depending on location.

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