Jacobs reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,776 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 7,776 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
5.0
Nov 2, 2013

Satisfactory

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good work good people good pay

Cons

no company loyalty to people

3.0
Oct 31, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting work. Difficult to work for a company which merges in to Jacobs over the transition period. Overall, nice team and supportive managers

Cons

Little training in three years there. Despite repeated requests. More a function of working through a difficult time period where cost cutting was necessary

1.0
Oct 30, 2013

Buyer Beware

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a job and it pays.

Cons

Very poorly managed No leadership No guidance No established and applied company wide practice standards and procedures Low pay Poor Benefits Lack of experienced and unqualified management who make poor decisions which ultimately cost clients money and employees their jobs. Some one grossly under bid work and exaggerated progress on an unobtainable schedule, when the milestones couldn't be reached due to lack of information required management refused to address the problem instead choosing to ignore it and allow the problems to mount. Time and money eventually became and issue so they made the decision to cut staff instead of own up to their mistakes. Management kept their jobs, and continue to make the same mistakes while discouraging valued employees and competent staff.

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