Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,770 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 7,770 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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1.0
Apr 11, 2014

Systematic restructuring

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Pros

It used to be good company that was deliberately make into to go for losses . Than go for massive layoff . So much for people first motto of CEO

Cons

Used to have good design and Eng team . Now all is destroyed but aim of management is for creative destruction . So taking nerw projects is suspended while downsize increases profitability. Hence management is happy . while employees they are better in hell

4.0
Apr 7, 2014

Good company - Your experience will be VERY influenced by the client/contract

Anonymous employee
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Pros

People are their greatest asset and they employee a lot of people. As long as you enjoy the people you work with, the company side takes care of itself. Fairly structured on process and procedure, their goals as an organization are well defined (Beyond Zero) and I've experienced the most growth in my career while employed with Jacobs.

Cons

Jacobs is in the business of high volume, low margin. This translates to tight overheads and it shows. Training is infrequent and often gets rebooked by seasons, not days or weeks because there simply isn't enough people available in the overheads to keep up with demand. Jacobs calls themselves a relationship based company and what this means is the client will always be right and get their way, the sooner you accept this fact the better off you'll be.

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