Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,771 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 7,771 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
Apr 6, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

good pay, stable job for experienced, professionals. not good for new hiring, see a lot of people com and go.

Cons

poor upper management, dont know process technology, high turn over , i guess same as other companies, not a good place for people seeking job security.

2.0
Mar 20, 2012

Local management is incompetent

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good Engineering. People work hard out of pride of performance. Salaries are as good as anyone's in town for similar work. Flexible hours.

Cons

Management has no understanding of project-management-process (PMP) or proper execution of a job. Clients are consistently dissatisfied when the cost is considerably higher and schedule is considerably longer than what was bid. No change control whatsoever. Management consistently underbids work, then blames engineers for non-performance at the end of the job. Makes for distrust and bad team dynamics.

1.0
Mar 16, 2012
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Global Opportunities are available if you incessantly network with the right people. The organization has the potential to be the "military for engineers" which is appealing to many graduate hires. Many segments from which to choose--shale to Mars.

Cons

Management style is obsolete and exclusionary. Managers are too far removed from the work and do not make an effort to remedy. If your segment is not a high profit area, good luck. Do not expect to be handed work when your project ends, it's all up to the employee to find the next project unless you are in the right crowd. Expect a layoff if you're not in the popular crowd.

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