Jacobs reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,775 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 7,775 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
1.0
Mar 5, 2018

engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

every friday off except for overtime project needs

Cons

low pay and no career advancement

3.0
Dec 2, 2017

Project Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large company- Controls a large portion of various business lines in their field. They do offer quite a bit of internal training programs.

Cons

Under staffs projects requiring employees to work an excessive number of hours to keep up. Unhealthy work/ life balance. 60 plus hour work week as well as frequent weekend work is often required.

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