Jacobs reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,777 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 7,777 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
2.0
Jun 23, 2016

Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great for resume due to previous reputation, don't have many other great pros of the company so you must consider that a con

Cons

Unsupportive upper management, general environment of RIF fear is unhealthy, people are not actually their greatest asset, no career growth model for staff, internal politics is out of control, design creativity is not encouraged, no mentors, uninspired peers

1.0
Jun 11, 2016

Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Things are great when there is plenty of work. Pay tends to be above to well above average for the area.

Cons

The hire and fire business model isn't sustainable in smaller market cities. I was recently terminated due to chronic low workload. Two week payout and no severance after multiple decades of loyal service to this company. I would not recommend this as a good place to work as there is ZERO job security when business is slow, even for skilled, experienced employees who perform at a high level.

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