Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,761 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 7,761 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
1.0
Aug 22, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Global company, and thats about it!

Cons

Senior Management are interested in a growth strategy only and do not focus keeping thier current employees happy. Jacobs Engineering do not seem to have heard of the term of Globalistation, as they seem to keep drumming American values onto their European and other worldwide colleagues. Especially with regards to thier paranoia of one of their employees suing them for an accident in the work place.

3.0
Aug 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Jacobs is on financial solid ground and is well diversified throughout the globe. Jacobs also takes the wellness and safety of every employee very serious and it backs up the talk with the dollars to ensure a healthy workplace.

Cons

Communication from highest levels does not filter to everyone. Company has had tremendous growth and needs to deal with growing bureaucracy. There is a sense of apathy in the employees that surrounds those things that everyone knows are not conducive to efficient business. The IT organization is in dire need of restructuring and leadership. Hopefully the new CIO will be able to turn this around.

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