Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,764 total reviews)
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Bob Pragada

90% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Jacobs has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,764 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
Feb 3, 2010

Don't get too comfortable!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High Salaries to start with - unless you are low-balled when you are hired. Be careful about that. Nice co-workers for the most part. Good hours - and flexible schedules for most positions.

Cons

Incompetent Management No communication Wrong management structure. Your actual manager can be someone you have little to no contact with - while the senior person that you work with every day has no control over your performance review or retention.

2.0
Feb 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay compensation is fairly high, but often requires extensive travel to other Jacobs offices due to location of project.

Cons

Jacobs is a low overhead company, so layoffs are quick if the workload drops. Performance reviews are very infrequent. Advancement often based on good old boy network

4.0
Jan 30, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting and varied work, well-known company, great benefits, highly-skilled co-workers, flexibility to work across technical disciplines, excellent customer rapport, opportunity to learn new technologies, high review ratings

Cons

Limited opportunity for promotion within a team; no clear communication of expectations; minimal performance feedback; lack of direction; disorganized; lack of team definition and cohesiveness; "pools" of workers with no clear responsibilities or ownership of tasks; no communication of organizational goals

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