Jacobs reviews

The single bigest flaw in Jacobs is that senior managers make commitments which are unrealistic, then simply funnel all that pressure downwards. A serious concern is the lack of credibility of comunication to the workforce. Jacobs has consistently lied or been deliberatley obscure to its staff about pay and redundancies, and has had a "divide and conquer" approach to consultation on working hours changes. Good managers can get up the ladder in exceptional circumstances, but most senior managers tend to to be the sort of people who are adept at covering their own hides when the badly managed projects inevitably run over and/or burn people out.

No corporate committment (or desire) to make accomodations to minimize the impact of the well-established cyclical nature of the business on employees. It is unreasonable to have expectations of coverage for long down cycles, but shorter duration ones are treated the same. Hit the road to another office (through your own networking) and avoid OH at all costs when things looks slow. Near zero support for professional development (seminars, classes, etc) - unless you want to pay for it.