Excellent place to gain industry experience - Mechanical Engineer II Jacobs Employee Review

4.0
Sep 12, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent place to gain industry experience. Exposure to clients( i.e. networking). This gave me the ability to increase my salary by nearly 30% when I left. Great work life balance at the alliance I worked at. Safety culture is second to none. High employee turn over rate yielded opportunity for increased responsibility. My alliance manager, discipline manager, and co-workers were top notch. Up to date on technology.

Cons

Benefits are awful. I paid over $9k out of pocket for a dependents broken arm on top of an expensive premium. Annual raises were dispersed evenly over department. If I'm a top performer; show me the money! High employee turn over rate sometimes effects project completion efficiency.

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3.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Decent culture, individual contributors are fine, management is lacking

Cons

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