Jacobs reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,785 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 7,785 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
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.

4.0
Sep 11, 2014

Been Good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They have been up front, like more laid back then other company which is good and bad.

Cons

Project manager (as usual) are sometime unrealistic to deliverables to hrs and time. Project Engineers are lacking general knowledge of all disciplines, they know one or two...not the best I have worked with...

3.0
Sep 8, 2014

Just about ok

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good work hours. decent benefits. provides transportation.

Cons

limited growth, Average pay, lax administration, office politics

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