Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,773 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 7,773 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
Apr 11, 2016

Intrumetation and Control Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

opportunity to work with knowledgeable expert

Cons

very opportunistic in treating employee

3.0
Apr 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good training opportunities, and my team help regular best-practice sessions, which seemed to be a bottom-up initiative. Flexible working hours was good for work-life balance.

Cons

Hard to move between business units - you get pigeon-holed pretty early on. IT systems were slow and backwards - still needed to fill out a lot of paper forms that could be done online. Not enough support staff, and average offices. Got the feeling the company wasn't really trying to do anything great, just ticking along on average, low risk projects, in order to keep their risk-averse shareholders happy.

4.0
Apr 8, 2016

Great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most diverse experience, great work culture

Cons

Major change in management style

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