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      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

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      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
      3.0
      Oct 20, 2011

      Great engineering staff held back by penny-pinching Luddite executives.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great projects, good people in intersting locations.

      Cons

      Innovation and enterprise are sacrificed on the high altar of "billability", too often project managers produce budgets on schemes using outmoded & out-dated technology and workflows, because they only understand the technology of 20 years ago, and the specific costs of on a project, and not even aware of the recent innovations, or wanting to be aware whilst Jacobs competitors race away. GVPs, and VPs are worse - living in a bubble of first class air travel and expense account lunches whilst the engineering staff that provide that lifestyle use computers held together with duct tape.

      1.0
      Oct 19, 2011

      No growth.

      Engineer
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      Pros

      Offers good work life balance opportunities.

      Cons

      UK Senior Management is old fashioned. A lot of junior staff see no room for growth among a thick layer of management populated by the over 55s. Obviously busineses need a wide range of ages and experience amongst employees, however, it is very segregated into two camps at Jacobs. Very few opportunities to bid for work or try to grow business - work is solely distributed among various teams by senior management. Sometimes there's not enough work to go around and billing time appropriately turns into a game.You are encouraged to bill time to professional development, yet supervisors won't support actual professional development courses. Obsessed with health and safety.

      3.0
      Oct 14, 2011

      it is frustrating

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Flexible work hours. After you hold some big projects to yourself, you can do nothing with everybody working hard for you. Network and good relationship with important clients and managers are critical.

      Cons

      Jacobs doesn't care about their employees. Internal competition is intense. And all they care is billable hours and projects. Turnover rate of junior staff is insanely high.

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