Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,774 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 7,774 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 Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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8K reviews
4.0
Aug 3, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

jacobs is a great company to work for

Cons

they were losing projects and put people on leave

1.0
Jul 26, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

So clueless one can slack for a while and they won’t know

Cons

Company management has no clue how to lead. They believe it’s better to threaten pip in mass meetings than to explain anything to an employee or ask that employee for their input. I even got chewed out for suggesting how to talk to an employee and bring them up to a new lace of understanding. Then the company is extremely siloed with no inter cooperative communication so if your single group can’t handle it it won’t get done at least correctly.

2.0
Jul 25, 2023

Repitative work and Management dosent care

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is good. Unlimited PTO

Cons

Management is very poor. They dont care if you are really making any progress in your career. They will just assign you tasks and let you figure out everything on your own without proper support and guidance. Only 3% raise per year and some years they wont even do that unless you take the initiative to ask about it. Also felt largely undervalued as repitative tasks were given and no initiative was taken to know the likes and dislikes. No proper training given. Very less opportunity for growth and feels biased. Construction industry is male dominated largely and being a woman I felt that, its no different here. Also you wont get any bonuses. You will start feeling the burnout due lack of good management and managers who take responsibilty and are considerate about the employees under them

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