Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,761 total reviews)
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Bob Pragada

90% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Jacobs has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,761 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
Jan 22, 2020

'Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain'

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have a job to go to

Cons

Where do I start? 1. They continue to layoff thousands of US employees to save a buck. Let's move them to Krakow. No, to Mumbia! It's cheaper! Yet, they have no problem spending $10m on an HR system that has no real value and already have a system that can do what the new system does. 2. The CEO acts like a rock star. Note to CEO: Read Good to Great. It will not last and it is not sustainable 3. The CEO is ADD. The guy has 15 ideas a day and wants them implemented 4. They are on a 'diversity' kick. Problem is, it's all for show. They do not live it, practice it or project it.

1.0
Sep 23, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

You get a paycheck, maybe. I can't think of any other positives.

Cons

Management at this location aren't just inept, they conceal the truth from their employees and have an internal policy for the highest level of management is that no issue or dispute is to be put in writing (for plausible deniability). The "insurance" is grossly overpriced & severely limited. You even have to jump hurdles to apply for any discount. Raises for non-management are extremely rare. Typical increase is < 50¢/hr for full professionals. Management gets massive bonuses but cry there isn't any money to help subordinates. Training outside of satisfying contractual agreements don't exist. They DON'T want you trained with updated skills. They rely on your skills being dated so you're literally forced to stay to get a paycheck. Also, management will drop you in the moment your funding becomes questionable yet will negatively react if you don't give them two weeks courtesy notice of leaving. Bottom line, you won't get the real truth, only excuses.

2.0
Feb 18, 2020
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Pros

A decent culture-Preaches Safety 401k match is good Decent amount of flexibility (depending on your assignment and contract) Allows remote work when possible

Cons

Upper Management Incompetence Health insurance is not competitive bottom 5% of all companies in the US Company is everywhere and internally you don't know about 90% of what other people are doing... Horrible communication from upper management Jacobs is buying up cyber companies left and right (most recently blue canopy and KeyW). Their strategy to buy cyber companies is a good one, but that is about their only strategy. They had no plan on what happens after that. It is a complete disaster with management all the way up to the CEO. They have zero idea on how to deal with cyber/IT folks. They are finding out real quickly that their horrific approach didn't work. There is a mass departure currently going on especially in the new disaster "Cyber BU". The word on the street is out, so I am not entirely sure there is any way out at this point. Go ask any of the big time recruiting companies (randstand, insight global, etc.. ), and they will tell you. The cyber community is a tight niche group that doesn't deal with nonsense. Jacobs is in trouble. I am convinced they won't be able to recruit quality talent without a complete restructure. I would highly recommend looking elsewhere for now....

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